Pellagra-like condition is xeroderma pigmentosum/Cockayne syndrome complex and niacin confers clinical benefit.

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：: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：: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：:In this report we describe the association of retinitis pigmentosa, hearing loss and vitiligo in two non-related patients. The second patient developed, in addition, an axonal polyneuritis after the age of 30. Previous reports dealing with this unusual combination of symptoms are discussed. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Dereymaeker AM,Fryns JP,Ars J,Andresescu J,van den Berghe H

更新日期：1989-05-01 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：:The characteristic clinical features of the dup(3q) syndrome include typical facial features, mental and growth retardation, and (often) congenital heart anomalies. However, pure duplication of 3qter is rare because most of the reported cases are patients who carry an unbalanced translocation and, in addition to the d...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Faas BH,De Vries BB,Van Es-Van Gaal J,Merkx G,Draaisma JM,Smeets DF

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child is described with most of the typical clinical features of the cri-du-chat syndrome. G- and C-banding studies revealed the karyotype 45,XX, -5, -15, +tdic (5;15) with the loss of short arm material from chromosome 5. Centromeric heterochromatin of the translocated No. 15 is still present in the translocation c...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gebauer HJ,Stumpf B,Hansmann I,Grimm T

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disorders caused by mutations in genes encoding subunits and accessory proteins of cohesin complex are collectively termed as cohesinopathies. The best known cohesinopathy is Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS), which is a multisystem developmental disorder characterized by facial dysmorphism, limb malformations, gr...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Baquero-Montoya C,Gil-Rodríguez MC,Teresa-Rodrigo ME,Hernández-Marcos M,Bueno-Lozano G,Bueno-Martínez I,Remeseiro S,Fernández-Hernández R,Bassecourt-Serra M,Rodríguez de Alba M,Queralt E,Losada A,Puisac B,Ramos FJ,Pié J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of the performance of 17-18-year-old high school students on standard intelligence tests confirms previous reports that nearsighted persons consistently achieve scores approximately eight I.O. points higher than non-myopes. Comparison of tests administered to the same students 10 years earlier suggests that...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Karlsson JL

更新日期：1975-11-01 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：:Most microdeletion syndromes identified before the implementation of array-comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) were presumed to be well-defined clinical entities. However, the introduction of whole-genome screening led not only to the description of new syndromes but also to the recognition of a broader spec...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Mosca-Boidron AL,Bouquillon S,Faivre L,Callier P,Andrieux J,Marle N,Bonnet C,Vincent-Delorme C,Berri M,Plessis G,Manouvrier-Hanu S,Dieux-Coeslier A,Thauvin-Robinet C,Pipiras E,Delahaye A,Payet M,Ragon C,Masurel-Paulet A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently described a complex multisystem syndrome in which mild-moderate myopia segregated as an independent trait. A plethora of genes has been related to sporadic and familial myopia. More recently, in Chinese patients severe myopia (MYP25, OMIM:617238) has been linked to mutations in P4HA2 gene. Seven family mem...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Napolitano F,Di Iorio V,Testa F,Tirozzi A,Reccia MG,Lombardi L,Farina O,Simonelli F,Gianfrancesco F,Di Iorio G,Melone MAB,Esposito T,Sampaolo S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of psychotic and prepsychotic twins is presented, based on 9000 patients born during 1930--1946 and admitted to psychiatric departments in Scania, Sweden, during the 1960's. All twins of the same sex (76 pairs) were registered and their records examined. Twenty-three complete pairs, where one or both twins sh...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Eberhard G

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several sequence variations were examined for being endogenous "risk markers" in the development of CHD. The "markers" in this study included: the PstI-SstI RFLPs in the apo AI-CIII gene cluster, the EcoRI-MspI RFLPs in the apo B100 gene and the SstI RFLP in the 5' flanking region of the insulin gene. The study popula...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Wick U,Witt E,Engel W

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five novel mutations including duplications in the ATP7A gene. Menkes disease (MD) and occipital horn syndrome (OHS) are allelic X-linked recessive copper deficiency disorders resulting from ATP7A gene mutations. MD is a severe condition leading to progressive neurological degeneration and death in early childh...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Moizard MP,Ronce N,Blesson S,Bieth E,Burglen L,Mignot C,Mortemousque I,Marmin N,Dessay B,Danesino C,Feillet F,Castelnau P,Toutain A,Moraine C,Raynaud M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether an association exists between genetic variants of the human obesity (OB or leptin) gene and body mass index (BMI) or weight in subjects with Prader Willi syndrome (PWS) and in age- and gender-matched lean and obese subjects without PWS. The study included 51 subjects with PWS (mean age = 17.7 +...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Butler MG,Hedges L,Hovis CL,Feurer ID

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gynecological cancers pose a significant threat to women's health worldwide, with cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, and endometrial cancer having high incidences. Current gynecological cancer treatment methods mainly include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and chemoradiotherapy. The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing techno...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Zhang W,Liu Y,Zhou X,Zhao R,Wang H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent in situ hybridization with probes specific for a chromosomal subregion and chromosome-specific libraries (chromosome painting) are important new methods for assessing chromosome rearrangements. In this paper we present four patients with additional chromosomal material on chromosome 8p who have been studie...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Engelen JJ,de Die-Smulders CE,Fryns JP,Hoovers JM,Albrechts JC,Loots WJ,Jacobs ME,Hamers AJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：:We have observed a 49 bp tandem duplication adjacent to the triplet repeat of the FMR1 gene and have shown it to occur as a variant in Finland. It affects the primers commonly used in molecular analysis of fragile X syndrome by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods. One concern is that females with the full mutation...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Mononen T,von Koskull H,Airaksinen RL,Juvonen V

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast low density lipoprotein (LDL) plasma membrane receptor activity, measured as 125I-LDL association (plasma membrane binding plus intracellular accumulation) and degradation was determined in cell strains from 14 monozygotic (MZ) and 21 like-sexed dizygotic (DZ) normolipidemic twin pairs. The twins were betwe...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Magnus P,Maartmann-Moe K,Golden W,Nance WE,Berg K

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This quantitative study determines the values, beliefs, and attitudes influencing the intention of men to undergo or defer genetic testing for prostate cancer risk using a model based on components of the Theory of Reasoned Action and Health Belief Model. Telephone interviews of a community sample of 400 men in a larg...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Doukas DJ,Localio AR,Li Y

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of whole-exome next-generation sequencing (WES) has been pivotal for the molecular characterization of Mendelian disease; however, the clinical applicability of WES has remained relatively unexplored. We describe our exploration of WES as a diagnostic tool in a 3½-year old female patient with a 2-year histo...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hanchard NA,Murdock DR,Magoulas PL,Bainbridge M,Muzny D,Wu Y,Wang M,Lupski JR,Gibbs RA,Brown CW

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:This report describes a 46,XY phenotypic female infant with absent uterus, probable agonadism, and bilateral upper amelia. The constellation of anomalies is similar to that of the patient described by Temoçin et al. (Acta Paediatr Jpn 1997: 39: 631-633), and may suggest a developmental link between genital region and ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ohro Y,Suzuki Y,Tsutsumi Y,Ogata T

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

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：:Among 120 meiotic analyses of infertile men there were three cases with a particular meiotic anomaly: low chiasma count at diakinesis and spermatogenic arrest. All clinical findings, hormonal analyses and karyotypes from peripheral blood were normal. Meiotic studies showed that pachytene pairing was complete, but in d...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Mićić M,Mićić S,Diklić V

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the role of three polymorphic genes of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) as independent risk factors for myocardial infarction (MI) and their correlation with three of the major coronary risk factors: serum cholesterol (CH), hypertension (HT) and smoking (SM). A population of 392 men was genotyped for...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fernández-Arcás N,Dieguez-Lucena JL,Muñoz-Morán E,Ruiz-Galdón M,Espinosa-Caliani S,Aranda-Lara P,Rius-Diaz F,Gaitán-Arroyo MJ,De Teresa-Galván E,Reyes-Engel A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four unrelated French cases of familial amyloid polyneuropathy are reported. Clinical onset ranged from the sixth to the ninth decade. Sensory signs were predominant initially in the lower limbs; motor changes, and in one case autonomic involvement, appeared later. Amyloid disease was clinically limited to the periphe...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Grateau G,Adams D,Malapert D,Viemont M,Delpech M,Said G

更新日期：1993-03-01 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