Severe upper airway stenosis in a boy with partial monosomy 16p13.3pter and partial trisomy 16q22qter.

abstract：:Indium, a precious metal classified in group 13 (IIIB) in the periodic table, has been used increasingly in the semiconductor industry. Because indium is a rare metal, technology for indium recycling from transparent conducting films for liquid crystal displays is desired, and its safety evaluation is becoming increas...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Nakajima M,Usami M,Nakazawa K,Arishima K,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectins are β-galactoside-binding lectins that participate in a wide range of biological processes. Galectins are distributed both inside and outside cells and are believed to have roles in both intra- and extracellular milieus. One of the well-recognized functions of galectins is stabilization of glycoproteins on t...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Arikawa T,Simamura E,Shimada H,Nakamura T,Hatta T,Shoji H

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a patient whose L1CAM gene in X-chromosome has a C924T transition. Her first son's ventriculomegaly was prenatally detected. A mature infant was born, his head circumference was large, and thumbs were bilaterally adducted. X-linked hydrocephalus (XLH) was suspected. The DNA examination revealed th...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Serikawa T,Nishiyama K,Tohyama J,Tazawa R,Goto K,Kuriyama Y,Haino K,Kanemura Y,Yamasaki M,Nakata K,Takakuwa K,Enomoto T

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel de novo heterozygous variant in SYNGAP1 (c.1741C>T, p.R581W), identified through targeted resequencing in an 8-year-old boy with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, distinctive dysmorphic features, and no seizures. Our data strongly suggest that the SYNGAP1 variant is causative of in...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kimura Y,Akahira-Azuma M,Harada N,Enomoto Y,Tsurusaki Y,Kurosawa K

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring in Ishikawa Prefecture (mean population; 1,150,000), during the 20-year period from 1981 to 2000, involved monitoring the prevalence of congenital anomalies starting at gestational week 22. The main objectives of the present study were (1) to investigate the trend over the past 20 years in the prevalence of...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Seto T,Nakagawa H,Morikawa Y,Nishijo M,Miura K,Kadoshima Y

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old gravida 2, para 1 woman, with a previous uneventful pregnancy, underwent first trimester ultrasound screening for Down syndrome at 13 weeks according to the Fetal Medicine Foundation guidelines (http://www.fetalmedicine.com/pdf/11-14/english/FMF-English.pdf). The ultrasound showed increased nuchal transl...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Tonni G,Azzoni D,Ambrosetti F,de Felice C,Ventura A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal ventriculomegaly development leads to neurological, motor, and/or cognitive impairment, and is presently diagnosed based on the width of the atrium in the lateral ventricle. But in this study, we have tried to assess the relationship between the development of calcarine sulcus and width of fetal lateral ventricl...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Li H,Liang H,Wu H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six pediatric cases including four infants with congenital polymicrogyria including the perisylvian region are presented herein. Their clinical features were analyzed and compared with patients suffering from congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome (CBPS). Two specific abnormalities were diagnosed as accompanying di...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Takano T,Matsuwake K,Yoshioka S,Takeuchi Y

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracolumbar supernumerary ribs (TSRs) are classified as less severe skeletal anomalies in rat developmental toxicity studies, although their incidence is relatively high in rodent studies. To investigate the characteristics of the critical window for chemically-induced TSR, in this study, rats were administered 5-fl...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kuwagata M,Senuma M,Todoroki M,Kumagai F,Kumamoto T,Ogawa T

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the overall prevalence of typical orofacial clefts and the potential risks for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in a university hospital from West México. For the prevalence, 227 liveborn infants with typical orofacial clefts were included from a total of 81,193 births occurred during ...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Corona-Rivera JR,Bobadilla-Morales L,Corona-Rivera A,Peña-Padilla C,Olvera-Molina S,Orozco-Martín MA,García-Cruz D,Ríos-Flores IM,Gómez-Rodríguez BG,Rivas-Soto G,Pérez-Molina JJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular pathogenesis of human cerebral malformations is briefly reviewed from a neuropathologic viewpoint, with emphasis on holoprosencephaly and neuronal migration disorders. Immunopathologic approaches are useful in elucidating the essential pathomechanism of these anomalies. In alobar holoprosencephaly, for insta...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Mizuguchi M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) is a popular laboratory primate belonging to Old World monkeys, which are the group most closely related to humans except for the apes. This paper summarizes a series of our studies regarding the development of cerebral sulci and gyri in this primate, and the stated possibility ...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Sawada K,Fukunishi K,Kashima M,Imai N,Saito S,Sakata-Haga H,Aoki I,Fukui Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined immunohistochemically the expression of an enzymatically active form of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), phosphorylated TH at Ser40 (phospho-TH), in the cerebellum of ataxic mutant mice, rolling mouse Nagoya (RMN) and dilute-lethal (DL). TH immunostaining appeared in some Purkinje cells in RMN and DL, bu...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Sawada K,Ando M,Sakata-Haga H,Sun XZ,Jeong YG,Hisano S,Takeda N,Fukui Y

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So far, 46 cases of placental mesenchymal dysplasia have been reported worldwide. We encountered 15 cases of placental mesenchymal dysplasia (PMD) including 7 cases delivered in our hospital. The incidence of PMD in our hospital was therefore, 7/30,758 (0.02%). The PMD had a peculiar appearance. In the gross findings,...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Arizawa M,Nakayama M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Omphalocele-exstrophy of the bladder (cloaca)-imperforate anus-spinal defects (OEIS) complex describes a rare grouping of more commonly occurring component malformations. We report two cases of OEIS complex diagnosed prenatally by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In both cases, OEIS complex was suspect...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Goto S,Suzumori N,Obayashi S,Mizutani E,Hayashi Y,Sugiura-Ogasawara M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common form of male infertility is a low sperm count, known as oligozoospermia. Studies suggest that oligozoospermia is associated with epigenetic alterations. Epigenetic alterations in sperm, which may arise due to the exposure of gametes to environmental factors or those that pre-exist in the sperm of infer...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kitamura A,Miyauchi N,Hamada H,Hiura H,Chiba H,Okae H,Sato A,John RM,Arima T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the investigation was to describe the risk of selected types of birth defects among older siblings of infants and fetuses with specific birth defects. Using data from a population-based birth defects registry in Hawaii for deliveries during 1986-2000, the precurrence risk (risk among older siblings) for any...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Forrester MB,Merz RD

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An early second-trimester prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of an arthrogryposis multiplex congenita-like syndrome associated with median clefts is reported. A molecular biological work-up was performed to search for a potentially overlapping syndrome and dysostosis. Autopsy and postmortem radiogram were performed to conf...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Tonni G,Lituania M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time of origin of motor neurons and their distribution in the spinal cord was studied in rat embryos by combining whole-embryo culture and the Islet-1 immunostaining technique. Cells immunostained for Islet-1 appeared in the trunk neural tube by 27 hours (corresponding to E10.625) in culture of E9.5 embryos, at wh...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Matsuda M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lissencephaly is one of the central nervous system anomalies of Miller-Dieker Syndrome (MDS). Fetuses with lissencephaly have an abnormal smooth brain with fewer folds and grooves that will be detected by ultrasounds or fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after 30 weeks of gestation. We report a fetus with lissence...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Mishima T,Watari M,Iwaki Y,Nagai T,Kawamata-Nakamura M,Kobayashi Y,Fujieda S,Oikawa M,Takahashi N,Keira M,Yoshida H,Tonoki H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have shown the importance of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system in the pathophysiology of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. However, there has been inconsistency in the findings of those studies. Varied and sometimes contradictory interpretation has been made on the basis of similar results...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Ohno M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Report of a female fetus aborted at the 25th week of gestation, with severe microcephalus, trigonocephaly, median cleft lip and palate, arhinia, and anophthalmia. On opening of the skull the cranial cavity seemed to be occupied only by hindbrain structures. The forebrain, including the tentorium cerebelli and the falx...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Schmitt HP,Born IA

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Down syndrome (DS) is the most common cause of mental retardation. Several DS mouse models with partial trisomy 16 homologous to human chromosome 21 have been developed, and our research group has been studying those mouse models. We have shown a dosage-dependent overexpression of genes in the trisomic region of the m...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Yamakawa K

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semaphorins and their receptors, neuropilins and plexins, were initially characterized as a modulator of axonal guidance during development, but are now recognized as a regulator of a wide range of developmental events including morphogenesis and angiogenesis, and activities of the immune system. Owing to the developm...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Masuda T,Taniguchi M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that neural tube defects are folic acid preventable congenital anomalies. We investigated to what extent this information was disseminated among laywomen and healthcare providers. Questionnaire studies were conducted twice, in 2002 and 2007, for four groups of laywomen and seven groups of healthcare provid...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kondo A,Yamamoto S,Inoue H,Watanabe J,Tada K,Yoshimoto N

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent development of biomedical engineering as well as basic biology and medicine has enabled us to induce cell-based regeneration of body tissue to self-repair defective tissue or substitute biological functions of damaged organs. For successful tissue regeneration, it is indispensable to give cells an environment s...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Tabata Y

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the effects of dioxins, which are potent environmental pollutants and teratogens, are mediated through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, also known as the dioxin receptor. The purpose of the present study was to characterize dioxin-responsive genes in a comprehensive manner using two complementary approaches: bio...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Fujita H,Samejima H,Kitagawa N,Mitsuhashi T,Washio T,Yonemoto J,Tomita M,Takahashi T,Kosaki K

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebro-costo-mandibular syndrome (CCMS) is a very rare syndrome characterized by micrognathia and posterior rib gap, with a poor prognosis. To date, only 75 cases have been reported worldwide. The overall survival rate for patients with this disorder has not been reported, and a classification of the patients on the ...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Nagasawa H,Yamamoto Y,Kohno Y

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion of TWIST on 7p21 leads to Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, whereas deletion of the HOXA cluster on 7p15.2 leads to hand-foot-genital syndrome. We report here a patient with 46,XY,del(7)(p15.2p21) who had craniosynostosis, maxillary hypoplasia, prominent ear crus, rectoperineal fistula, and hypoplastic fifth fingers....

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kosaki R,Higuchi M,Mitsui N,Matsushima K,Ohashi H,Kosaki K

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that the developing serotonergic system is one of the targets of ethanol teratogenicity. Because serotonin has multiple functions in both mature and immature brains, disturbance of the serotonergic system by ethanol exposure in utero can be cause of a wide range of psychiatric problems in adulthood. In the...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Ohta K,Sakata-Haga H,Fukui Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00