The MECP2 variant c.925C>T (p.Arg309Trp) causes intellectual disability in both males and females without classic features of Rett syndrome.

abstract：:We present the findings of a "new" sublethal MCA syndrome in three siblings, one female and two boys, the only children of healthy, non-consanguineous parents. In addition to prenatal growth retardation and early demise, they presented the same pattern of multiple malformations: relative microcephaly with bird-headed ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fryns JP,Verresen H,Van den Berghe H

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：: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：:The status of H-Y antigen was studied in 10 intersexual cases (three pure gonadal dysgenesis with XY genotype, three Klinefelter's syndrome, two true hermaphroditism with XX genotype, two male hermaphroditism) and in 18 normal adult subjects (nine males and nine females). In all these subjects, fluorescent staining an...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ghosh SN,Shah PN,Gharpure HM,Athreya U

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the clinical, genetic, and molecular characteristics of a large Chinese family exhibiting non-syndromic, late-onset autosomal dominant sensorineural hearing loss. Clinical evaluation revealed variable phenotypes of hearing loss in terms of severity and age-at-onset of disease in these subjects. Genome-w...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Cheng J,Han DY,Dai P,Sun HJ,Tao R,Sun Q,Yan D,Qin W,Wang HY,Ouyang XM,Yang SZ,Cao JY,Feng GY,Du LL,Zhang YZ,Zhai SQ,Yang WY,Liu XZ,He L,Yuan HJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to determine the impact of parental consanguinity on congenital malformations in a mixed urban and rural Arab community in Jerusalem, Israel. Arab mothers admitted to four hospitals in west Jerusalem were interviewed after delivery. Demographic and obstetric data were recorded. Neonatal data w...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bromiker R,Glam-Baruch M,Gofin R,Hammerman C,Amitai Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nitric oxide synthase (NOS) gene is thought to be associated with essential hypertension (EH), because NO is implicated in endothelium-mediated vasodilation. We investigated the possible association between the alleles of simple tandem repeat DNA polymorphism of the endothelial constitutive NOS (cNOS) gene and EH ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Nakayama T,Soma M,Takahashi Y,Izumi Y,Kanmatsuse K,Esumi M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of personality disorders is based on deviant personality traits in both the DSM-III-R and ICD-10 classifications. A diagnosis of personality disorder can be made reliably with structured interviews. Many individuals are diagnosed with more than one personality disorder, and other mental disorders are often...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Dahl AA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex chromosomal rearrangements (CCRs) are rare findings in clinical cytogenetics. As a result of the high risk of unbalanced segregation, familial cases are even rarer and maternal transmission occurs more frequently than paternal transmission. Analogous to Drosophila and mice, as well as to CCRs involving the Y c...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Grossmann V,Höckner M,Karmous-Benailly H,Liang D,Puttinger R,Quadrelli R,Röthlisberger B,Huber A,Wu L,Spreiz A,Fauth C,Erdel M,Zschocke J,Utermann G,Kotzot D

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：: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：:Mental retardation associated with short stature, craniofacial dysmorphism, macrodontia and minor skeletal anomalies is reported in two sisters and their mother. The similarity with and the relationship to the KBG syndrome is discussed and the importance of clinical syndrome identification in familial mental retardati...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fryns JP,Haspeslagh M

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the clinical and investigative findings in a 31-year-old man with Hunter's syndrome, showing evidence of severe multisystem involvement. Papilloedema has been present for at least 8 years with no evidence of progressive visual impairment. His most serious and life-threatening complications are la...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Young ID,Harper PS

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dysmorphic child was found by cytogenetic analysis to have an extra small marker chromosome. The marker chromosome was shown to possess a chromosome 18 centromere by in situ hybridization, and probably represents an isochromosome 18p. Centromere specific probes should be of value in identifying extra small marker ch...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Blennow E,Nielsen KB

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder (LSD) caused by the deficiency of the enzyme α-galactosidase. It exhibits a wide clinical spectrum that may lead to a delayed or even missed diagnosis and the real incidence can be underestimated. We report the cases of two unrelated Italian families in whom...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Zampetti A,Fania L,Antuzzi D,Giurdanella F,Gnarra M,Bertola F,Lualdi S,Filocamo M,Morrone A,Feliciani C

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deletions of 4.4 and 3.2 kb identified in exons 24 and 20, respectively, are two of the four most common mutations in the BRCA1 gene in Greek breast cancer patients. They have been reported previously six and three times, respectively, in unrelated Greek families. A total of 11 more families have been identified i...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Pertesi M,Konstantopoulou I,Yannoukakos D

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Split-hand/split-foot malformation (SHFM) is a severe form of congenital limb deformity characterized by the absence of 1 or more digits and/or variable degree of median clefts of hands and feet. The present study describes an investigation of a consanguineous family of Pakistani origin segregating SHFM in an autosoma...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Umair M,Ullah A,Abbas S,Ahmad F,Basit S,Ahmad W

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the association between breast cancer (BC) and colorectal cancer (CRC) from referral pattern to the Regional Genetics Service including molecular analysis. Hospital computer records and/or department referral books were used to identify cases referred to the Regional Genetic Service during a 16-year period...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Naseem H,Boylan J,Speake D,Leask K,Shenton A,Lalloo F,Hill J,Trump D,Evans DG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hunter syndrome or mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPSII) is caused by pathogenic variants in the IDS gene. This is the first study that examines the mutational spectrum in 25 unrelated Mexican MPSII families. The responsible genotype was identified in 96% of the families (24/25) with 10 novel pathogenic variants: c.13...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Alcántara-Ortigoza MA,García-de Teresa B,González-Del Angel A,Berumen J,Guardado-Estrada M,Fernández-Hernández L,Navarrete-Martínez JI,Maza-Morales M,Rius-Domínguez R

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Sicilian family is reported in which 36 individuals, in 5 successive generations, were affected with congenital cataracts, microcornea and myopia with an autosomal pattern of inheritance. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Mollica F,Li Volti S,Tomarchio S,Gangi A,Risiglione V,Gorgone G

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental retardation affects 1-3% of the general population, and the genetic causes in many cases are unknown. Cytogenetically undetected chromosomal imbalances have been indicated as an explanation. Nowadays, due to the development of molecular cytogenetic techniques, it is possible to identify cryptic rearrangements i...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Rodriguez-Revenga L,Badenas C,Sánchez A,Mallolas J,Carrió A,Pedrinaci S,Barrionuevo JL,Milà M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described four DNaseI hypersensitive sites (DH 1 to DH4) in the 40-kb intergenic region between the plasminogen gene and the apo(a) gene. Here, we wanted to analyse whether any of these sites, located 4, 21, 28 and 34 kb upstream of the apo(a) transcriptional start site, would act as an enhancer on ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Acquati F,Rönicke V,Taramelli R,Müller HJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：:The syndromic association of striae in the long bones and pelvis, together with sclerosis of the base of the skull, has been investigated in four families. Impairment of hearing and alteration in the shape of the head are the most important clinical manifestations. Spinal abnormalities are an inconsistent feature. The...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Horan FT,Beighton PH

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytoplasm of skin fibroblasts serially subcultured from the labium majus of normal human females binds 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (5alpha-DHT) with high affinity and low capacity. Such binding was absent from the strains of two male pseudohermaphrodites with unambiguous female external genitalia: one of these was ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kaufman M,Straisfeld C,Pinsky L

更新日期：1976-06-01 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：:In the Arab population of Kuwait of approximately 1.3 million, 26 cases in 15 families were ascertained to have Bardet-Biedl syndrome (20 cases in 13 families) or Laurence-Moon syndrome (6 cases in 2 families). The apparently increased frequency of these interrelated autosomal recessive syndromes in Arabs is discussed...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Farag TI,Teebi AS

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing frequency with which the diagnosis of the 47,XXY karyotype is made requires more knowledge of the prognosis of this condition. We present four 47,XXY boys identified at birth and followed since then (Group I), and four 47,XXY boys diagnosed because of physical and/or emotional problems (Group II). Physi...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Salbenblatt JA,Bender BG,Puck MH,Robinson A,Webber ML

更新日期：1981-08-01 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：:Two siblings born to consanguineous Bedouin parents and grandparents are reported with the phenotypic features of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), type VI. In addition, the affected individuals have a polyneuropathy as confirmed by nerve conduction velocity, electromyographic and muscle biopsy studies. We propose that th...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Farag TI,Schimke RN

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00