Frequency and effects of the apolipoprotein A-IV polymorphism.

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：:Developmental control of gene expression has a major impact on the design of beta-globin retrovirus vectors for hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy of beta-thalassemia. It is obvious that the endogenous locus control region (LCR) elements that drive beta-globin gene expression in transgenic mice must be included in t...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ellis J,Pannell D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alterations in GFER gene have been associated with progressive mitochondrial myopathy, congenital cataracts, hearing loss, developmental delay, lactic acidosis and respiratory chain deficiency in 3 siblings born to consanguineous Moroccan parents by homozygosity mapping and candidate gene approach (OMIM#6130...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Nambot S,Gavrilov D,Thevenon J,Bruel AL,Bainbridge M,Rio M,Goizet C,Rötig A,Jaeken J,Niu N,Xia F,Vital A,Houcinat N,Mochel F,Kuentz P,Lehalle D,Duffourd Y,Rivière JB,Thauvin-Robinet C,Beaudet AL,Faivre L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A de novo interstitial duplication of the 6q11-q15 chromosome region, confirmed by the application of a chromosome 6 painting probe, was observed in a patient with craniofacial dysmorphism, psychomotor retardation, cryptorchidism and hypospadias. Despite the publication of several cases showing partial trisomy 6q, to ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Giardino D,Rizzi N,Briscioli V,Bettio D

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：: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

abstract：:We report a case of trisomy 13 with cystic hygroma and generalized hydrops fetalis diagnosed prenatally by routine ultrasound prior to genetic amniocentesis in a 34-year-old woman. Although fetal cystic hygroma is usually associated with a 45,X karyotype, this and other previous reports suggest that it may be seen in ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Greenberg F,Carpenter RJ,Ledbetter DH

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1994 and 1998, the 23 UK genetics departments, which form the UK Huntington's Disease Consortium, have undertaken 161 direct mutation adult predictive tests on individuals whose at-risk parent was alive or had died without showing signs of Huntington's disease (HD) (5.7% of total UK tests). This study describe...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Benjamin CM,Lashwood A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triglyceride synthesis is catalyzed by acyl CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferases (DGAT), microsomal enzymes that use diacylglycerol and fatty acyl CoAs as substrates. Because DGAT1 expression is up-regulated during adipocyte differentiation and DGAT1 deficiency is associated with leanness in mice, we hypothesized that ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ludwig EH,Mahley RW,Palaoglu E,Ozbayrakçi S,Balestra ME,Borecki IB,Innerarity TL,Farese RV Jr

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Mutations in the DNAJB6 gene have been identified as a rare cause of dominantly inherited limb-girdle muscular dystrophy or distal-onset myopathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Exome sequencing was performed to investigate a Taiwanese family with a dominantly inherited distal-onset myopathy. Functional effects of t...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Tsai PC,Tsai YS,Soong BW,Huang YH,Wu HT,Chen YH,Lin KP,Liao YC,Lee YC

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the L1CAM gene cause neurological abnormalities of variable severity, including congenital hydrocephalus, agenesis of the corpus callosum, spastic paraplegia, bilaterally adducted thumbs, aphasia, and mental retardation. Inter- and intrafamilial variability is a well-known feature of the L1CAM spectrum, a...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Basel-Vanagaite L,Straussberg R,Friez MJ,Inbar D,Korenreich L,Shohat M,Schwartz CE

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a heterogeneous genetic disorder characterized by peripheral muscular weakness often associated with dilated cardiomyopathy. We characterize clinically a large family with a mutation in FHL1 gene (p.Cys255Ser). Penetrance was 44%, 100% for males and 18% for females. The hear...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： San Román I,Navarro M,Martínez F,Albert L,Polo L,Guardiola J,García-Molina E,Muñoz-Esparza C,López-Ayala JM,Sabater-Molina M,Gimeno JR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two children, the products of a consanguineous union, who died in infancy. Both children had severe microcephaly intracranial calcification, lissencephaly and polymicrogyria. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Burn J,Wickramasinghe HT,Harding B,Baraitser M

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative study explored the impact of genetic risk information from BRCA1/2 testing on individuals' subjective understandings of self and self-identity. In-depth interviews were conducted with 39 participants (34 women and 5 men) who had received test results from BRCA1/2 testing. Themes emerging from qualitat...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： d'Agincourt-Canning L

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline mutations (eg, BRCA1/2) have prognostic and treatment implications for ovarian cancer (OVCA) patients. Thus, national guidelines recommend genetic testing for OVCA patients. The present study examines patterns and predictors of genetics referral in OVCA patients. Electronic medical record data were abstracted...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Mallen AR,Conley CC,Townsend MK,Wells A,Boac BM,Todd S,Gandhi A,Kuznicki M,Augusto BM,McIntyre M,Fridley BL,Tworoger SS,Wenham RM,Vadaparampil ST

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A premature male infant is described in whom the presence of coarse facies, diaphragmatic hernia, genital anomalies and Dandy-Walker malformation suggested a diagnosis of Fryns' syndrome. Lymphocyte karyotype revealed a partial trisomy 22, and his mother carried an apparently balanced 11/22 translocation. Three infant...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Dean JC,Couzin DA,Gray ES,Lloyd DJ,Stephen GS

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for aneuploidies using cell-free fetal DNA in maternal blood has been reported to have a high accuracy, only little evidence about its cost-effectiveness is available. We systematically reviewed and assessed quality of economic evaluation studies published between January 1...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Nshimyumukiza L,Menon S,Hina H,Rousseau F,Reinharz D

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is rarely inherited in an X-linked recessive mode in pure and complicated forms. Recently, molecular linkage studies have suggested that these variant X-linked HSP conditions result from locus heterogeneity. In this paper we report on the clinical and linkage analysis of a kindred w...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Goldblatt J,Ballo R,Sachs B,Moosa A

更新日期：1989-02-01 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：:Mutations in the NPC1 or NPC2 gene are responsible for Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease (OMIM #257220), an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder caused by an incorrect regulation of intracellular lipid trafficking. A molecular analysis carried out in 30 unrelated patients identified 43 dist...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Macías-Vidal J,Rodríguez-Pascau L,Sánchez-Ollé G,Lluch M,Vilageliu L,Grinberg D,Coll MJ,Spanish NPC Working Group.

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic knowledge of genetics is essential for understanding genetic testing and counseling. The lack of a written, English language, validated, published measure has limited our ability to evaluate genetic knowledge of patients and families. Here, we begin the psychometric analysis of a true/false genetic knowledge mea...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fitzgerald-Butt SM,Bodine A,Fry KM,Ash J,Zaidi AN,Garg V,Gerhardt CA,McBride KL

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the CDH23 gene are known to be responsible for both Usher syndrome type ID (USH1D) and non-syndromic hearing loss (DFNB12), and the molecular confirmation of the CDH23 gene has become important in the diagnosis of these conditions. The present study was performed to find whether the CDH23 mutations are al...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Wagatsuma M,Kitoh R,Suzuki H,Fukuoka H,Takumi Y,Usami S

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:Details are presented of a boy with partial lipodystrophy. Only one male case has previously been described with this condition. The spectrum of partial lipodystrophy syndromes and the inheritance thereof are discussed in relation to our case. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Reardon W,Temple IK,Mackinnon H,Leonard JV,Baraitser M

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female with clinical features of familial articular hypermobility syndrome (FAHS) and her family were studied. The subject showed generalized hypermobility, except for a painful shoulder which presented functional limitation with a diagnosis of painful shoulder syndrome. Biochemical studies demonstrated that collage...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： García-Cruz D,Cano-Colín S,Sánchez-Corona J,Gallegos MP,Chimal-Monroy J,Díaz-de-León L

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：:Two novel missense mutations, 1939G to A (R518Q) and 2017A to G (Q544R) were identified in Japanese patients with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They are located in exon 6, which encodes part of the putative adenosine triphosphate binding domain of ALD protein. The ALD protein carrying the R518Q mutation was undetectable...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Imamura A,Suzuki Y,Song XQ,Fukao T,Uchiyama A,Shimozawa N,Kamijo K,Hashimoto T,Orii T,Kondo N

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The symptomatic treatment of dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) emphasizes the importance of molecular analyses of the GCH-1, TH and parkin genes. However, these analyses have not been extensively studied in Chinese DRD patients. Ten DRD families from the Han ethnic group including 14 patients and 28 clinically unaffected...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Wu ZY,Lin Y,Chen WJ,Zhao GX,Xie H,Murong SX,Wang N

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic testing has the potential to guide the prevention and treatment of disease in a variety of settings, and recent technical advances have greatly increased our ability to acquire large amounts of genetic data. The interpretation of this data remains challenging, as the clinical significance of genetic variation ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Eggington JM,Bowles KR,Moyes K,Manley S,Esterling L,Sizemore S,Rosenthal E,Theisen A,Saam J,Arnell C,Pruss D,Bennett J,Burbidge LA,Roa B,Wenstrup RJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00