Non-classic cystic fibrosis associated with D1152H CFTR mutation.

abstract：:Acetylation is one of the major routes in metabolism and detoxification of a large number of drugs, chemicals and carcinogens. Slow acetylators are said to be more susceptible to developing bladder cancer and because of investigations about tumor risk based on phenotyping procedures, it was our aim to study the distri...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Schnakenberg E,Ehlers C,Feyerabend W,Werdin R,Hübotter R,Dreikorn K,Schloot W

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the form of X-linked mental retardation with macro-orchidism and the form associated with a marker X chromosome (fragile site at Xq27 or 28) are the same entity. Although our data support this hypothesis, one family from the literature does not. Data are presented suggesting that actual meas...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Howard-Peebles PN,Stoddard GR

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytogenetic analysis of 23 Japanese patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is reported. G-banded chromosomes of cultured peripheral blood lymphocytes of one subject had a constitutional chromosomal translocation, t(7;13)(p22;q21). No constitutional chromosome abnormality was found in any of the other 22 Japan...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kaneko K,Saito F,Sunohara N,Ikeuchi T

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sanfilippo syndrome type A (mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA; MPS IIIA) is caused by a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme haparan N-sulphatase (NS). The genomic DNA segments of the NS gene from two Chinese patients with MPS IIIA were amplified by polymerase chain reaction, followed by DNA sequencing to study the molecu...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Lee-Chen GJ,Lin SP,Ko MH,Chuang CK,Chen CP,Lee HH,Cheng SC,Shen CH,Tseng KL,Li CL

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:From a large Danish material of random families we selected families with dyslexia as reported by the families themselves and as recorded by a dyslexia institute. Among five "backcross families" studied for chromosome 15 polymorphisms we found only negative lod scores, and at theta = 0.10 a negative score of -3.42; i....

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bisgaard ML,Eiberg H,Møller N,Niebuhr E,Mohr J

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two unrelated patients, aged 19 and 6 years, were studied and diagnosed as having Myhre syndrome (MS). This review, together with three previous cases, permits further delineation of MS. The main features are: short stature, mental retardation, blepharophimosis, muscular hypertrophy, decreased joint mobility, thick ca...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： García-Cruz D,Figuera LE,Feria-Velazco A,Sánchez-Corona J,García-Cruz MO,Ramírez-Duenãs RM,Hernandez-Córdova A,Ruiz MX,Bitar-Alatorre WE,Ramírez-Dueñas ML

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report molecular and clinical analyses in 71 unrelated patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) from Andalusia (South of Spain). Direct mutation analysis of six mutations of the CFTR gene (delta F508, G542X, R1162X, N1303K, W1182X and 1949de184) was performed. The proportion of CF chromosomes with the above-mentioned mut...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Borrego S,Casals T,Dapena J,Fernández E,Giménez J,Cabeza JC,Sánchez J,Antiñolo G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a patient with the Tricho-Rhino-Phalangeal syndrome (TRPS) with normal mentation, without exostoses and with a partial microdeletion of 8q23. Although she had the phenotypic characteristics of TRPS Type I, karyotypic analysis demonstrated the 8q-microdeletion usually associated with TRPS Type II, in which...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Goldblatt J,Smart RD

更新日期：1986-05-01 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：:A follow-up study of 212 families for whom genetic counseling had been provided was performed to assess the effectiveness of the non-directive genetic counseling service at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. The preliminary result have been reported previously (Godmilow & Hirschhorn 1977). Of those famil...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Abramovsky I,Godmilow L,Hirschhorn K,Smith H Jr

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:The anti-atherogenic effect of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) genetic variants associated with lowered enzyme activity is controversial. Moreover, in a few studies, this effect has been evaluated in the presence of a certain risk factor constellation. We addressed this issue in a case-control study, where 4...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Arca M,Montali A,Ombres D,Battiloro E,Campagna F,Ricci G,Verna R

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baraitser-Winter cerebrofrontofacial syndrome (BWCFF) (BRWS; MIM #243310, 614583) is a rare developmental disorder affecting multiple organ systems. It is characterised by intellectual disability (mild to severe) and distinctive facial appearance (metopic ridging/trigonocephaly, bilateral ptosis, hypertelorism). The a...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Yates TM,Turner CL,Firth HV,Berg J,Pilz DT

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A slowly progressive type of muscular dystrophy affecting 11 known members of several Southern Manitoba Hutterite colonies is described. Though encompassing the facial characteristics of the facio-scapulo-humeral type and the proximal distribution of the limb-girdle type, it was felt that this disease represents a dis...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Shokeir MH,Kobrinsky NL

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mowat-Wilson syndrome (MWS) is an autosomal dominant developmental disorder with mental retardation and variable multiple congenital abnormalities due to mutations of the ZEB2 (ZFHX1B) gene at 2q22. MWS was first described in 1998 and the causative gene was delineated in 2001. Since then, 115 different mutations of ZE...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Engenheiro E,Møller RS,Pinto M,Soares G,Nikanorova M,Carreira IM,Ullmann R,Tommerup N,Tümer Z

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the insulin receptor gene have been reported in cases of type A insulin resistance. We report herein two cases of type A insulin resistance, which involve some novel mutations. Case 1 is a heterozygote of the C253Y missense mutation and case 2 is a heterozygote of the Y864X nonsense mutation. In the C253Y...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Osawa H,Nishimiya T,Ochi M,Niiya T,Onuma H,Kitamuro F,Kaino Y,Kida K,Makino H

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:The evaluation of mental retardation is always a challenge to clinicians. The recognition of specific physical or behavioral characteristics can vastly improve diagnostic yield. Several genetic disorders have been identified to have certain behavioral characteristics, such as Williams syndrome, Smith-Magenis syndrome,...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Prasad C,Prasad AN,Chodirker BN,Lee C,Dawson AK,Jocelyn LJ,Chudley AE

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biallelic pathogenic variants in CA8 cause cerebellar ataxia, mental retardation and dysequilibrium syndrome 3 (CAMRQ3), a rare form of hereditary ataxia characterised by cerebellar hypoplasia/atrophy, variable intellectual disability and often quadrupedal gait. The few cases reported in the medical literature are all...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Richmond CM,Leventer R,Ryan MM,Delatycki MB

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), the most common type of hereditary colorectal cancer, is thought to be a simple Mendelian disease involving DNA mismatch repair genes. The majority of mutations associated with HNPCC occur in the hMSH2 and hMLH1 genes. The reported incidence of mismatch repair gene m...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Wei SC,Yu CY,Tsai-Wu JJ,Su YN,Sheu JC,Wu CH,Wang CY,Wong JM

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CuZnSOD is produced in overdose in cells with trisomy 21. This has been considered to be a cause of increased oxidative stress. In the present work we have studied the catalase and glutathione peroxidase activity in fibroblasts from 6, and blood cells from 30, subjects affected by Down syndrome. In the fibroblasts, ca...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Crosti N,Bajer J,Gentile M,Resta G,Serra A

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of the cystic fibrosis (CF) heterozygote by testing for cystic fibrosis factor activity (CFFA) in serum samples using bioassays had been reported to give unreliable results. The present study was undertaken to find whether the use of medium from short term white blood cell or skin fibroblast cultures, rather...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Danes BS

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finding the genetic determinants of intermediate quantitative traits, such as serum creatinine and urea, might aid in finding the determinants of disease phenotypes, such as renal failure, that are, in part, defined according to threshold values imposed upon such traits. We evaluated the association between common var...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hegele RA,Harris SB,Hanley AJ,Zinman B

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Below-the-knee right leg hypoplasia and ipsilateral toe brachysyndactyly were observed in a 4-year-old female with an otherwise normal phenotype. Electromyographic and nerve conduction studies were normal. The Doppler evaluation was consistent with a 50% reduction in the blood supply from the femoral artery, suggestin...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Silengo M,Lerone M,Seri M,Boffi P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression during pregnancy can have serious consequences for families. Indications of fetal aneuploidy can induce maternal stress, a risk factor for depression. Few studies have assessed symptoms of depression in pregnant women soon after they receive results indicating increased risk for fetal aneuploidy. We compare...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hippman C,Oberlander TF,Honer WG,Misri S,Austin JC

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:The life-span of Menkes syndrome patients is discussed in connection with a boy suffering from this disease who lived to the age of 13.5 years. The copper metabolism defect is described. Therapeutic trials, mainly copper substitution, and prospects are summed up. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sander C,Niederhoff H,Horn N

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：:Exome sequencing is rapidly becoming a fundamental tool for genetics and functional genomics laboratories. This methodology has enabled the discovery of novel pathogenic mutations causing mendelian diseases that had, until now, remained elusive. In this review, we discuss not only how we envisage exome sequencing bein...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bras JM,Singleton AB

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00