A dicentric variant of chromosome 6: characterization by use of in situ hybridisation with the biotinylated probe p308.

abstract：:Severe deficiency of arylsulphatase A (ARSA) activity was detected in a boy with delayed psychomotor development, coarse face and liver enlargement when he was aged 2. The case does not fit into the description of the Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) proposed by Hagberg (1963) mainly because he did not deteriorate. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Danesino C,D'Azzo A,Aricò M,Podestà AF,Beluffi G,Bianchi E

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morquio syndrome, also known as Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IV, is well known to pediatricians and geneticists, although it is rare. Many do not know much about the physician who first described this lysosomal disorder. In this brief review, the person and the disease are described, along with philatelic illustrations ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Chudley AE,Chakravorty C

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated the frequency of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), and these have shown marked geographic variations. The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of HNPCC in a cohort of Uruguayan CRC patients. We included all patients ope...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sarroca C,Valle AD,Fresco R,Renkonen E,Peltömaki P,Lynch H

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in PCDH19, which encodes protocadherin 19, have been identified in epilepsy, mainly in affected females. We summarized the clinical spectrum of female epilepsy patients with PCDH19 mutations in a Chinese population. We screened for PCDH19 mutations in 75 girls diagnosed with Dravet syndrome (DS) without a SC...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Liu A,Xu X,Yang X,Jiang Y,Yang Z,Liu X,Wu Y,Wu X,Wei L,Zhang Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is considered as a rare disease in black Africans. In fact, this disease is likely to be underestimated since clinical features consistent with CF diagnosis are often ascribed to environmental factors such as malnutrition. Very little is known about CFTR mutations in affected patients from Central...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Feuillet-Fieux MN,Ferrec M,Gigarel N,Thuillier L,Sermet I,Steffann J,Lenoir G,Bonnefont JP

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marinesco-Sjøgren syndrome and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism were observed in two kindreds, and they were found to occur togetherin 9 out of 10 affected individuals. The last patient had Marinesco-Sjøgren syndrome without manifestations of hypogonadism, and similar findings were observed in two affected sisters from ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Skre H,Berg K

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genealogical survey of familial amyloid polyneuropathy in the Arao district of Japan was undertaken, and the data were analysed statistically. The survey revealed 92 patients (46 males and 46 females) in 9 families. Thirty-one of the patients (16 males and 15 females) are alive. For 44 patients, the mean age of onse...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sakoda S,Suzuki T,Higa S,Ueji M,Kishimoto S,Hayashi A,Yasuda N,Takaba Y,Nakajima A

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and thirty-five survivors of myocardial infarction (MI) were compared to 384 controls with respect to distribution of genotypes and gene frequencies in the A1166C polymorphism at the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) locus. No differences in allele frequencies or genotype distribution were observed whe...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Berge KE,Bakken A,Bøhn M,Erikssen J,Berg K

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 206 patients with Marfan syndrome were ascertained throughout genetic clinics in Wales and Scotland during the period 1970-1990. There were 45 deaths representing 22% of the cohort. Mean age at death was 45.3+/-16.5 years. 50% median cumulative survival in the total cohort (n=206) was 53 years for males and...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gray JR,Bridges AB,West RR,McLeish L,Stuart AG,Dean JC,Porteous ME,Boxer M,Davies SJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an ethnically-homogeneous population, it is valuable to identify founder mutations in cancer-predisposing genes. Founder mutations have been found in four breast-cancer-predisposing genes in French-Canadian breast cancer families. The frequencies of the mutant alleles have been measured neither in a large series of...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ghadirian P,Robidoux A,Zhang P,Royer R,Akbari M,Zhang S,Fafard E,Costa M,Martin G,Potvin C,Patocskai E,Larouche N,Younan R,Nassif E,Giroux S,Narod SA,Rousseau F,Foulkes WD

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family is described in which a mother and her two children carry a tandem duplication of the short arm of chromosome 8. Their phenotypes are similar and characterised by distinct facial dysmorphism, small stature and mild mental retardation. This is one of the first cases of direct familial transmission of a partial...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Dhooge C,Van Roy N,Craen M,Speleman F

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incorporation of hypoxanthine, resistance to 8-azaguanine and activation by lyophilisation have been studied in cultured human fibroblasts. Cells from one family where there was a boy with Lesch-Nyham syndrome, from two families with variant H-PRT mutations and three cell strains from patients with the Lesch-Nyham syn...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Willers I,Held KR,Singh S,Goedde HW

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic underpinnings of recessively inherited moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss are not well understood, despite its higher prevalence in comparison to profound deafness. We recruited 92 consanguineous families segregating stable or progressive, recessively inherited moderate or severe hearing loss. W...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Naz S,Imtiaz A,Mujtaba G,Maqsood A,Bashir R,Bukhari I,Khan MR,Ramzan M,Fatima A,Rehman AU,Iqbal M,Chaudhry T,Lund M,Brewer CC,Morell RJ,Friedman TB

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family with three children with Waardenburg syndrome born to normal, unrelated parents is reported. This appears to be the first report suggesting germ-line mosaicism in Waardenburg syndrome. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kapur S,Karam S

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 14-year-old boy is reported with bilateral hypoplastic patellae and multiple congenital skeletal anomalies. Since this constellation of bony malformations has not been described previously, we believe this represents a new syndrome most probably of genetic etiology. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sandhaus YS,Ben-Ami T,Chechick A,Goodman RM

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Debate continues as to why executive function (EF) continues to show impairments in children with early and continuously treated phenylketonuria (ECT-PKU). Using a mixed model, we measured EF in 10 adolescent children with ECT-PKU and 6 sibling controls, and examined associations between EF and (1) phenylalanine (phe)...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sharman R,Sullivan K,Young R,McGill J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some anencephalic fetuses exposed neural tissue mass of varied size can be demonstrated. This is known as exencephaly. The authors diagnosed by ultrasound 10 typical exencephalic cases prenatally between 14 and 21 weeks of gestation. Nine singular pregnancies were terminated and in the twin pregnancy a selective fe...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Papp Z,Csécsei K,Tóth Z,Polgár K,Szeifert GT

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenotypic expression of the 47,XYY chromosome complement in man has been investigated mostly in terms of the central nervous system. Evidence is presented here to suggest that urinary tract malformation may be a component of the XYY syndrome; this should be taken into account when counselling parents of children wit...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Machin GA

更新日期：1978-12-01 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

abstract：:X-linked mental retardation (MR) associated with a fragile X chromosome was found in two Swedish families. The fragile X chromosome was demonstrated in 5/5 boys with mental retardation. Clinical data on four of these boys are presented. In one of the families, the mental retardation was associated with macro-orchidism...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gustavson KH,Holmgren G,Blomquist HK,Mikkelsen M,Nordenson I,Poulsen H,Tommerup N

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-exome sequencing (WES) has transformed our ability to detect mutations causing rare diseases. FORGE (Finding Of Rare disease GEnes) and Care4Rare Canada are nation-wide projects focused on identifying disease genes using WES and translating this technology to patient care. Rare forms of epilepsy are well-suited ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Dyment DA,Tétreault M,Beaulieu CL,Hartley T,Ferreira P,Chardon JW,Marcadier J,Sawyer SL,Mosca SJ,Innes AM,Parboosingh JS,Bulman DE,Schwartzentruber J,Majewski J,Tarnopolsky M,Boycott KM,FORGE Canada Consortium.,Care4Rar

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in IRF6 cause Van der Woude syndrome (VWS), one of the most common syndromes associated with cleft lip (CL) with or without cleft palate (CP). The presence of pits on the lower lip of patients is the most characteristic feature of the syndrome. We have identified three novel and seven previously reported IRF...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Malik S,Kakar N,Hasnain S,Ahmad J,Wilcox ER,Naz S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific chromosome rearrangements associated with disease entities are invaluable resources for physical mapping. A deletion on the X chromosome of a male leads to the nullisomy for X-linked genes, resulting in the onset of genetic diseases and/or the absence of the DNA probe detectable sequences. This permits the lo...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Yang HM,Lund T,Niebuhr E,Nørby S,Schwartz M,Shen L

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sequencing protocol for the acid beta-glucosidase (GCase) gene (GBA) was developed using a long-range PCR template. This protocol has an advantage of greater DNA yields over similar strategies. Seven Gaucher's disease patients had four novel and five other rare alleles. A non-pseudogene in-frame deletion (g.2600-260...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Zhao H,Keddache M,Bailey L,Arnold G,Grabowski G

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease is an X-linked disorder caused by a deficiency of the lysosomal alpha-galactosidase A [EC 3.2.1.22]. The molecular diagnosis of Fabry disease is important for genotype/phenotype correlation, pre-natal or early diagnosis, and detection of carrier status. Although more than 200 genotypes of the alpha-galac...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Yang CC,Lai LW,Whitehair O,Hwu WL,Chiang SC,Lien YH

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders. Here, we performed targeted sequencing of 18 limb-girdle MD (LGMD)-related genes in 35 patients who were highly suspected of having MD. We identified one or more pathogenic variants in 23 of 35 patients (65.7%), and a genetic dia...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Seong MW,Cho A,Park HW,Seo SH,Lim BC,Seol D,Cho SI,Park SS,Chae JH

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutis laxa is characterised by redundant, inelastic skin with deep wrinkling and additional variable systemic involvement. Mutations in fibulin-4 (EFEMP2) and fibulin-5 (FBLN5) were described to be causative for autosomal recessive cutis laxa type 1 in a few families each. The female patient was born to healthy consan...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hoyer J,Kraus C,Hammersen G,Geppert JP,Rauch A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we consider the motivation behind contemporary single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) initiatives. Many of these initiatives are projected to involve large, population-based surveys. We therefore emphasize the utility of SNPs for genetic epidemiology studies. We start by offering an overview of genetic p...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Schork NJ,Fallin D,Lanchbury JS

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:We report on two families in which one or two children had a severe disorder of skeletal development detected by prenatal ultrasonography. The children died postnatally and showed typical radiological and biochemical findings of perinatal hypophosphatasia. Biochemical analysis revealed a low activity of alkaline phosp...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gehring B,Mornet E,Plath H,Hansmann M,Bartmann P,Brenner RE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00