CYR61 polymorphisms are associated with plasma HDL-cholesterol levels in obese individuals.

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：:High lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] plasma concentrations, which are genetically determined by apo(a) size polymorphism, are directly associated with an increased risk for atherosclerosis. Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), who show an enormous prevalence of cardiovascular disease, have elevated plasma concentratio...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kronenberg F,Trenkwalder E,Sturm W,Kathrein H,König P,Neyer U,Gröchenig E,Utermann G,Dieplinger H

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a family in which three sibs are compound heterozygotes for two rather rare CFTR splice-site mutations, the 621 + 1G-->T and the 711 + 1G-->T mutations. Little phenotypic variation was observed between sibs, of whom two are deceased. Their disease is characterized by pancreatic insufficiency, a severe pulm...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： De Braekeleer M,Simard F,Aubin G

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the kindred with Marner's cataract (CAM), which now comprises nine generations, was examined for linkage with 14 marker loci. We found strong evidence for linkage to haptoglobin, zmax = 8.33 at thetamax = 0.05 for males and thetamax = 0.04 for females. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Eiberg H,Marner E,Rosenberg T,Mohr J

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A photoanthropometric method, which enables an objective description of facial structures, was used to better delineate the craniofacial characteristics of 29 individuals with Williams syndrome (WS; 18 males and 11 females) between the ages of 0 to 10 years, with an average age of 4.0 years. Facial parameters were mea...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hovis CL,Butler MG

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family is presented with hyperexplexia, a rare autosomal dominant neurological disorder. Affected individuals manifest flexor hypertonia and hypokinesia during infancy. Later and throughout life, the condition is characterized by exaggerated involuntary myoclonic startle reactions, which on occasion result in fallin...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Morley DJ,Weaver DD,Garg BP,Markand O

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome displays and listings are presented showing loci whose position is known in both man and mouse, in similar manner to our previous report (Dalton et al. 1981). There is now evidence for at least 27 conserved autosomal segments with two or more loci in the two species. The human and mouse chromosome maps show...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Buckle VJ,Edwards JH,Evans EP,Jonasson JA,Lyon MF,Peters J,Searle AG,Wedd NS

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited knowledge exists on phenotypes associated with the D1152H cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutation. METHODS:Subjects with a D1152H allele in trans with another CFTR mutation were identified using the French Cystic Fibrosis Registry. Phenotypic characteristics were compared...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Burgel PR,Fajac I,Hubert D,Grenet D,Stremler N,Roussey M,Siret D,Languepin J,Mely L,Fanton A,Labbé A,Domblides P,Vic P,Dagorne M,Reynaud-Gaubert M,Counil F,Varaigne F,Bienvenu T,Bellis G,Dusser D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) has been shown to be as specific as alphafetoprotein (AFP) for the prenatal detection of open neural tube defects although AFP remains the method of choice. This paper describes a semi-automated technique for the analysis of acetylcholinesterase in amniotic fluid that: ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Elejalde BR,Peck G,de Elejalde MM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytogenetic survey of an unselected group of mentally retarded persons in a geographically limited area was made in order to establish the frequency of chromosome abnormalities within this group. In the area there were 2,157 patients, both institutionalized and living at home. A chromosome analysis was performed in ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Rasmussen K,Nielsen J,Dahl G

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical or variant forms of well-known chondrodysplasias may pose diagnostic problems. We report on a girl with clinical features suggesting diastrophic dysplasia but with unusual radiographic features including severe platyspondyly, wide metaphyses, and fibular overgrowth, which are partially reminiscent of metatrop...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Mégarbané A,Haddad FA,Haddad-Zebouni S,Achram M,Eich G,Le Merrer M,Superti-Furga A

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing loss is the most frequent sensorineural disorder affecting 1 in 1000 newborns. In more than half of these babies, the hearing loss is inherited. Hereditary hearing loss is a very heterogeneous trait with about 100 gene localizations and 44 gene identifications for non-syndromic hearing loss. Transmembrane chan...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hilgert N,Alasti F,Dieltjens N,Pawlik B,Wollnik B,Uyguner O,Delmaghani S,Weil D,Petit C,Danis E,Yang T,Pandelia E,Petersen MB,Goossens D,Favero JD,Sanati MH,Smith RJ,Van Camp G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two children out of 20 sibships with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease were observed pro- and retrospectively over a mean period of 3.7 years in a long-term study on cystic kidney diseases in children. The intra- and interfamilial variability in terms of age at diagnosis, administration of antihypert...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Deget F,Rudnik-Schöneborn S,Zerres K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual variant of chromosome 6 was shown to be a dic(6) by use of the chromosome specific alphoid probe, p308. The use of biotinylated repeat probes provides a rapid procedure for the resolution of some cytogenetic abnormalities. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Callen DF,Eyre HJ,Ringenbergs ML

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an 11-year-old girl with PLACK Syndrome (peeling skin, leukonychia, acral punctate keratosis, cheilitis, and knuckle pads), who was found to have a novel homozygous variant in CAST, the pathogenicity of which was confirmed using blood-derived RNA. There is no established treatment for PLACK syndrome. Howev...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sawan ZA,Almehaidib A,Binamer Y,Monies D,Alsaleem KA,Aldekhail W,Alkuraya FS,Abanemai M

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The ectodermal dysplasias (EDs) are a large and complex nosologic group of diseases; more than 170 different pathologic clinical conditions have been identified. Despite the great number of EDs described so far, few causative genes have been identified. We review EDs in the light of the most recent molecular findings ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Priolo M,Silengo M,Lerone M,Ravazzolo R

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seven-generation pedigree of apparent X-linked, nonspecific mental retardation is reported. There are 19 known affected males who appear to have received the gene through normal mothers. Retardation, lack of fine motor coordination, hyperactivity and a speech defect are the characteristics of affected individuals st...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Yarbrough KM,Howard-Peebles PN

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored the role of TCOF1 insertion mutations in Taiwanese patients with craniofacial anomalies. Twelve patients with single or multiple, asymmetrical congenital craniofacial anomalies were enrolled. Genomic DNA was prepared from leukocytes; the coding regions of TCOF1 were analyzed by polymerase chain rea...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Su PH,Liu YF,Yu JS,Chen JY,Chen SJ,Lai YJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To create a diagnostic document describing the utilization of pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT) in the absence of monitoring and regulation. Retrospective cohort study of couples undergoing PGT between 2004 and 2007 in Lebanon. The clinical indications for 192 PGT cycles performed during the study period were gen...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Farra C,Nassar A,Arawi T,Ashkar H,Monsef C,Awwad J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The locus DXS255 was studied using the probe M27 beta in ten probands with Rett syndrome and in eight of their families. No evidence of uniparental disomy of the X chromosome was detected, as all informative probands had inherited an allele from each of their parents. Differential methylation of a CCGG site within the...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Webb T,Watkiss E,Woods CG

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During three years, 39,924 infants born consecutively in the area covered by our registry of congenital malformations were surveyed; 775 had major congenital malformations. Recurrence risks for the major malformation was estimated and classified as high (greater than 10%, 5.3% of the cases), low (1 to 10%, 85.3% of th...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Stoll C,Roth MP,Dott B,Bigel P

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The responsibility to provide accessible, useful genetic counseling to individuals from many cultures and ethnicities arises from the increasing ethnocultural diversity of the populations served, coupled with the ethical goal of providing equal access and quality of services for all individuals. The multicultural educ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Weil J

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic studies as well as in situ hybridisation data have strongly demonstrated that the genes coding for apoprotein(a) and plasminogen are linked and localised to chromosome 6 at band 6q26-27. We describe in this report the presence of a recombination event in a region of approximately 50 kb of DNA separating the tw...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Magnaghi P,Agazzi A,Semino O,Ferrari M,Barbui T,D'Angelo A,Taramelli R

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome of peroneal muscular atrophy, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), disease represents the most common inherited peripheral neuropathy, with a prevalence of about 1 per 2500. The disease is usually transmitted in an autosomal dominant fashion, although it can display all the mendelian patterns of inheritance. The...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Guzzetta V,Santoro L,Gasparo-Rippa P,Ragno M,Vita G,Caruso G,Andria G

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited potentially fatal arrhythmogenic disorder that is characterized by prolonged corrected QT (QTc) interval. Mutations in three genes (KCNQ1, KCNH2, and SCN5A) account for the majority of the cases. However, 10 other genes are now known to be implicated in LQTS. In this ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Shinwari ZM,Al-Hazzani A,Dzimiri N,Tulbah S,Mallawi Y,Al-Fayyadh M,Al-Hassnan ZN

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a patient with Marfan's syndrome, with coexistent obstructive sleep hypopnea (OSH) and restrictive lung disease, complicated by respiratory insufficiency, who was successfully treated with nasal intermittent positive airway pressure (NIPPV) and oxygen. NIPPV therapy turned out to be effective on arterial ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Verbraecken J,Paelinck BP,Willemen M,Van de Heyning P,De Backer W

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poland anomaly and facio-auriculo-vertebral dysplasia are considered to be separate entities. We describe a 3-year-old boy with features of both Poland anomaly and facio-auriculo-vertebral dysplasia. This is the first report, to our knowledge, of this combination of birth defects. Possible pathogenetic implications ar...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Cobben JM,van Essen AJ,McParland PC,Polman HA,ten Kate LP

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two semen samples from a 47,XXY male were examined using chromosome-specific DNA probes and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) to determine the distribution of sex chromosomes and an autosome (chromosome 17) in the sperm. A motile population of sperm was also prepared from one sample using the swim-up technique ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Han TH,Ford JH,Flaherty SP,Webb GC,Matthews CD

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of studies have reported on possible relationships between a hypervariable sequence near the 5' end of the insulin gene and some common diseases. Control populations within these studies appear to disobey the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. In this study we have ascertained the allele frequencies in 181 random in...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hubbard AL,Clayton JF

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three siblings of Indian stock had profound bilateral conductive deafness with variable malformations of the external ears, stapedial abnormalities and facial paralysis. Their mother was similarly affected and inheritance of this private syndrome is evidently autosomal dominant. Some improvement of auditory function w...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sellars S,Beighton P

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00