Cleft palate and complex chromosome rearrangements.

abstract：:The potential causes for the incomplete penetrance of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) in female carriers of PLP1 mutations are not well understood. We present a family with a boy having PMD in association with PLP1 duplication and three females who are apparent manifesting carriers. Custom high-resolution oligonucl...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Carvalho CM,Bartnik M,Pehlivan D,Fang P,Shen J,Lupski JR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Troyer syndrome was found by Cross & McKusick (1967) in 20 members of 12 Old Order Amish families in Holmes County, Ohio; it is a form of hereditary spastic paraplegia combined with distal muscle wasting, i.e. signs of involvement of lower motor neurons. The condition usually begins at 1 to 2 years and progresses ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Neuhäuser G,Wiffler C,Opitz JM

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women who carry fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1)gene premutation expansions frequently report neurological or endocrine symptoms and prior studies have predominantly focused on questionnaire report of medical issues. Premutation carrier (PMC) women (n = 33) and non-carrier controls (n = 13) were recruited and eva...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hall D,Todorova-Koteva K,Pandya S,Bernard B,Ouyang B,Walsh M,Pounardjian T,Deburghraeve C,Zhou L,Losh M,Leehey M,Berry-Kravis E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described four DNaseI hypersensitive sites (DH 1 to DH4) in the 40-kb intergenic region between the plasminogen gene and the apo(a) gene. Here, we wanted to analyse whether any of these sites, located 4, 21, 28 and 34 kb upstream of the apo(a) transcriptional start site, would act as an enhancer on ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Acquati F,Rönicke V,Taramelli R,Müller HJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder (LSD) caused by the deficiency of the enzyme α-galactosidase. It exhibits a wide clinical spectrum that may lead to a delayed or even missed diagnosis and the real incidence can be underestimated. We report the cases of two unrelated Italian families in whom...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Zampetti A,Fania L,Antuzzi D,Giurdanella F,Gnarra M,Bertola F,Lualdi S,Filocamo M,Morrone A,Feliciani C

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthropometric and craniofacial profile patterns indicating the percent difference from the overall mean were developed on 34 physical parameters with 31 white, mentally retarded males (23 adults and 8 children) with the fra(X) syndrome matched for age with 31 white, mentally retarded males without a known cause of th...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Butler MG,Pratesi R,Watson MS,Breg WR,Singh DN

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a ciliopathy characterized by retinitis pigmentosa, obesity, polydactyly, cognitive impairment and renal failure. Pathogenic variants in 24 genes account for the molecular basis of >80% of cases. Toward saturated discovery of the mutational basis of the disorder, we carefully explored ou...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Delvallée C,Nicaise S,Antin M,Leuvrey AS,Nourisson E,Leitch CC,Kellaris G,Stoetzel C,Geoffroy V,Scheidecker S,Keren B,Depienne C,Klar J,Dahl N,Deleuze JF,Génin E,Redon R,Demurger F,Devriendt K,Mathieu-Dramard M,Po

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic MAGEL2 variants result in the phenotypes of Chitayat-Hall syndrome (CHS), Schaaf-Yang syndrome (SYS) and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). We present five patients with mutations in MAGEL2, including the first patient reported with a missense variant, adding to the limited literature. Further, we performed a sys...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Patak J,Gilfert J,Byler M,Neerukonda V,Thiffault I,Cross L,Amudhavalli S,Pacio-Miguez M,Palomares-Bralo M,Garcia-Minaur S,Santos-Simarro F,Powis Z,Alcaraz W,Tang S,Jurgens J,Barry B,England E,Engle E,Hess J,Lebel RR

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a family with recurrent 11q23-qter deletion Jacobsen syndrome in two affected brothers, with unique mosaic deletion 'rescue' through development of uniparental disomy (UPD) in the mother and one of the brothers. Inheritance studies show that the deleted chromosome is of maternal origin in both boys, and mi...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Johnson JP,Haag M,Beischel L,McCann C,Phillips S,Tunby M,Hansen J,Schwanke C,Reynolds JF

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a rare cutaneous and systemic disease caused by mutations in the ferrochelatase gene (FECH). The molecular underpinnings of EPP in Middle Eastern populations and relative to other ethnic groups secondary to increased consanguinity are unknown. To understand the molecular pathogen...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kadara H,Nemer G,Safi R,Rebeiz N,Daou L,Delbani D,Btadini W,Abbas O,Tofaili M,Bitar F,Kibbi AG,Shimomura Y,Kurban M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 120 meiotic analyses of infertile men there were three cases with a particular meiotic anomaly: low chiasma count at diakinesis and spermatogenic arrest. All clinical findings, hormonal analyses and karyotypes from peripheral blood were normal. Meiotic studies showed that pachytene pairing was complete, but in d...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Mićić M,Mićić S,Diklić V

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has transformed genomic research by decreasing the cost of sequencing and increasing the throughput. Now, the focus is on using NGS technology for diagnostics and therapeutics. In this review, we discuss the possible clinical applications of NGS and the potential of some of the current...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Desai AN,Jere A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical Menkes disease is an X-linked recessive neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in ATP7A, which is located at Xq13.1-q21. ATP7A encodes a copper-transporting P-type ATPase and plays a critical role in development of the central nervous system. With rare exceptions involving sex chromosome aneuploidy o...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Desai V,Donsante A,Swoboda KJ,Martensen M,Thompson J,Kaler SG

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two brothers, products of a consanguineous marriage, had severe hypoplastic genitalia and cardiomyopathy. These findings are similar to those of three other brothers of another consanguineous family who in addition had evidence of mental retardation. These five boys probably represent a previously undescribed syndrome...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Najjar SS,Der Kaloustian VM,Ardati KO

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) has been associated with CYP1B1 gene (2p21), with a predominantly autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. Our earlier studies attributed CYP1B1 mutations to only 40% of Indian PCG cases. In this study, we included 72 such PCG cases where CYP1B1 mutations were detected in only 12 pati...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kaur K,Reddy AB,Mukhopadhyay A,Mandal AK,Hasnain SE,Ray K,Thomas R,Balasubramanian D,Chakrabarti S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to determine the impact of parental consanguinity on congenital malformations in a mixed urban and rural Arab community in Jerusalem, Israel. Arab mothers admitted to four hospitals in west Jerusalem were interviewed after delivery. Demographic and obstetric data were recorded. Neonatal data w...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bromiker R,Glam-Baruch M,Gofin R,Hammerman C,Amitai Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female child is described with multiple anomalies including epicanthus, frontal bossing, short sternum, polydactyly, cleft of the larynx, renal cysts, and unusual dermatoglyphics. She died aged 3 months and was found to have a unique de novo deletion of chromosome No. 4 (q22-q25). This case is compared with other lo...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Butler LJ,Palmer AV,Spencer T,Tabios-Broadway R,Wall WJ

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A girl in whom a ring chromosome 13 was found, presented with microcephaly, mental retardation and multiple minor malformations. She was born after a full term pregnancy, small for date and with a small head circumference. She underwent craniotomy at the age of 18 months because of premature closure of the metopic sut...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fried K,Rosenblatt M,Mundel G,Krikler R

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-year-old female with the Pierre Robin anomaly and bilateral index finger malformations is described. Hypertelorism, full cheeks, posteriorly rotated ears with prominent antihelix, short neck, simian creases, bilateral fifth finger clinodactyly, and short toes with hypoplastic small nails were also present. Her m...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Dignan PS,Martin LW,Zenni EJ Jr

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity in erythrocytes was measured in six children with Down's syndrome and in their parents to determine if COMT activity is related to a gene on chromosome 21. A gene dosage effect was a possible explanation of the COMT value in three of the children but not in the other three....

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gustavson KH,Flodérus Y,Jagell S,Wetterberg L,Ross SB

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old woman who complained of irregular menstruation was diagnosed as suffering from trisomy 18 mosaicism. She was karyotyped because of her characteristic face, mild mental retardation and aberrant hyperpigmentation of the skin. Her motor function was within normal range. Physical and laboratory examinations,...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Uehara S,Obara Y,Obara T,Funato T,Yaegashi N,Fukaya T,Yajima A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Karyotype and DNA analyses using DNA probes were carried out in a family with the Cohen syndrome. Two affected brothers had normal chromosomal constitutions. A major deletion or duplication of genomic DNA fragments hybridized with the DNA probes, pML34 at D15S9 locus and pTD3-21 at D15S10 locus, assigned on 15q11-q12 ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kondo I,Hamabe J,Yamamoto K,Niikawa N

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders of the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway have an overlapping skeletal phenotype (e.g. scoliosis, osteopenia). The Ras proteins regulate cell proliferation and differentiation and neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) individuals have osteoclast hyperactivity and increased bone resorption as measur...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Stevenson DA,Schwarz EL,Carey JC,Viskochil DH,Hanson H,Bauer S,Weng HY,Greene T,Reinker K,Swensen J,Chan RJ,Yang FC,Senbanjo L,Yang Z,Mao R,Pasquali M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peeling skin disease (PSD) is an autosomal recessive skin disorder caused by mutations in CDSN and is characterized by superficial peeling of the upper epidermis. Corneodesmosin (CDSN) is a major component of corneodesmosomes that plays an important role in maintaining epidermis integrity. Herein, we report a patient ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Wada T,Matsuda Y,Muraoka M,Toma T,Takehara K,Fujimoto M,Yachie A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently described a complex multisystem syndrome in which mild-moderate myopia segregated as an independent trait. A plethora of genes has been related to sporadic and familial myopia. More recently, in Chinese patients severe myopia (MYP25, OMIM:617238) has been linked to mutations in P4HA2 gene. Seven family mem...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Napolitano F,Di Iorio V,Testa F,Tirozzi A,Reccia MG,Lombardi L,Farina O,Simonelli F,Gianfrancesco F,Di Iorio G,Melone MAB,Esposito T,Sampaolo S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skraban-Deardorff syndrome (a disease related to variations in the WDR26 gene; OMIM #617616) was first described in a cohort of 15 individuals in 2017. The syndrome comprises intellectual deficiency, severe speech impairment, ataxic gait, seizures, mild hypotonia with feeding difficulties during infancy, and dysmorphi...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Cospain A,Schaefer E,Faoucher M,Dubourg C,Carré W,Bizaoui V,Assoumani J,Van Maldergem L,Piton A,Gérard B,Mau-Them FT,Bruel AL,Faivre L,Demurger F,Pasquier L,Odent S,Fradin M,Lavillaureix A

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A family ascertained in the United States displays significant evidence of linkage to 17q25.3 (maximum two-point LOD score 6.32). The non-syndromic autosomal-dominant hearing-loss loci DFNA20 and DFNA26 map to this region. The 3-unit support interval and haplotype for this USA kindred falls within the interval for DFN...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： DeWan AT,Parrado AR,Leal SM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is a multifactorial skin disease characterised by epidermal abnormalities and infiltration by lymphocytes and polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). Skin-derived antileukoproteinase (SKALP), also known as elafin, is a potent inhibitor of human leukocyte elastase and proteinase 3, two PMN-derived proteinases imp...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kuijpers AL,Pfundt R,Zeeuwen PL,Molhuizen HO,Mariman EC,van de Kerkhof PC,Schalkwijk J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Usher syndrome type III is an autosomal recessive disorder clinically characterized by the association of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), variable presence of vestibular dysfunction and progressive hearing loss, being the progression of the hearing impairment the critical parameter classically used to distinguish this form...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Aller E,Jaijo T,Oltra S,Alió J,Galán F,Nájera C,Beneyto M,Millán JM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Schimmelpenning-Feuerstein-Mims syndrome (SFM), characterized by linear nevus sebaceous and ocular and neurologic abnormalities, is a sporadic condition without known familial cases or etiology. We report the occurrence of SFM in only one of two monozygotic (MZ) twins. After considering a variety of possible causa...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Schworm HD,Jedele KB,Holinski E,Hörtnagel K,Rudolph G,Boergen KP,Kampik A,Meitinger T

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00