Association of genetic polymorphisms of de novo nucleotide biosynthesis with increased CHD susceptibility in the northern Chinese population.

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：: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：:In order to evaluate the involvement of the peripheral autonomic nervous system in the pathogenesis of type 1 familial amyloid polyneuropathy, the urinary excretion rates of catecholamines and serum dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DB/) activity were examined in 22 patients at various clinical stages. Changes in both indice...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Suzuki T,Tsuge I,Higa S,Hayashi A,Yamamura Y,Takaba Y,Nakajima A

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant EEC syndrome consists of ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, and cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P). We investigated an EEC kindred with 10 affected persons in three generations in order to map the causative mutation in this family and to map modifier genes that contribute to the expressi...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ray AK,Marazita ML,Pathak R,Beever CL,Cooper ME,Goldstein T,Shaw DF,Field LL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess some of the emotional aspects of why parents seek genetic counseling and to measure the effect of genetic counseling in parents of children with Down's syndrome, pre- and post-counseling measures of anxiety, hostility, depression, and self-concept were obtained from 43 parents. Pre-counseling responses were ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Antley RM,Hartlage LC

更新日期：1976-03-01 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

abstract：:Ezetimibe reduces plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by blocking sterol absorption in enterocytes. The NPC1L1 gene product was recently identified as the molecular target for ezetimibe, although functional details are incomplete. We used the non-response phenotype of plasma LDL cholesterol to ezetimibe t...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Wang J,Williams CM,Hegele RA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a clinical setting diagnosis, heritability, risk and outcome of human disease rely heavily on the use of markers present in specific tissues. In the past decade, the development of genome-wide, non-hypothesis driven methods to identify molecular markers associated with disease have led to the discovery of numerous ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Zaina S,Lund G

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that founder mutations associated with cancer risk have useful implications for molecular diagnostics. We report the presence of a founder mutation in EPCAM involved in the etiology of Lynch syndrome (LS). The mutation extends nearly 8.7 kb (c.858 + 2478_*4507del) and is shared by 8 Polish families. F...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Dymerska D,Gołębiewska K,Kuświk M,Rudnicka H,Scott RJ,Billings R,Pławski A,Boruń P,Siołek M,Kozak-Klonowska B,Szwiec M,Kilar E,Huzarski T,Byrski T,Lubiński J,Kurzawski G

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：: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：:Cancer screening recommendations for patients with Lynch-like syndrome (LLS) are not well defined. We evaluated adherence to Lynch syndrome (LS) screening recommendations, cancer risk perceptions, and communication within the families among colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors with LLS. Thirty-four participants with LLS ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Katz LH,Burton-Chase AM,Advani S,Fellman B,Polivka KM,Yuan Y,Lynch PM,Peterson SK

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mesomelic dysplasias are a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders with predominant skeletal manifestations in the forearms and shanks. We have documented, over a thirteen-year period, the clinical and radiographic course of the condition in a boy with the Langer type of mesomelic dysplasia. It has been suggested...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Goldblatt J,Wallis C,Viljoen D,Beighton P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are the largest generator of ATP in the cell. It is therefore expected that energy-requiring processes such as oocyte maturation, early embryonic or fetal development, would be adversely impacted in case of mitochondrial deficiency. Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations constitute a spontaneous model ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Steffann J,Monnot S,Bonnefont JP

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：: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：:Mutations in the genes FBN1, TGFBR1, and TGFBR2 can result in heritable connective tissue disorders comprising the Marfan syndrome and the Loeys-Dietz syndrome. Dural ectasia is a characteristic manifestation of both syndromes. However, dural ectasia has not yet been investigated in connective tissue disorders that ar...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sheikhzadeh S,Rybczynski M,Habermann CR,Bernhardt AM,Arslan-Kirchner M,Keyser B,Kaemmerer H,Mir TS,Staebler A,Oezdal N,Robinson PN,Berger J,Meinertz T,von Kodolitsch Y

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare pediatric ciliopathy characterized by marked clinical variability and extensive genetic heterogeneity. Typical diagnosis of BBS is secured at a median of 9 years of age, and sometimes well into adolescence. Here, we report a patient in whom prenatal detection of increased nuchal f...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ashkinadze E,Rosen T,Brooks SS,Katsanis N,Davis EE

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders of the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway have an overlapping skeletal phenotype (e.g. scoliosis, osteopenia). The Ras proteins regulate cell proliferation and differentiation and neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) individuals have osteoclast hyperactivity and increased bone resorption as measur...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Stevenson DA,Schwarz EL,Carey JC,Viskochil DH,Hanson H,Bauer S,Weng HY,Greene T,Reinker K,Swensen J,Chan RJ,Yang FC,Senbanjo L,Yang Z,Mao R,Pasquali M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A genetic test for hemochromatosis has allowed for the first time, genotypic identification of heterozygotes. The purpose of this study is to determine whether genotyping of spouses of homozygotes results in fewer investigations of children and subsequent cost savings. METHODS:Two hundred and ninety one chi...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Adams PC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a country-wide screening examination in Sweden, PKU was observed in 75 (4.5 per 1,000) and hyperphenylalaninemia in 14 (0.8 per 1,000) of a total of 16,805 patients in institutions for the mentally retarded. In the national neonatal screening program in 1965-1975, which covered nearly 1 million individuals, PKU was...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Holmgren G,Larsson A,Palmstierna H,Alm J

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder characterized by intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, typical facial features and a spectrum of additional features including body and limb asymmetry and clinodactyly. Maternal uniparental disomy for chromosome 7 (upd(7)mat) was shown to o...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Behnecke A,Hinderhofer K,Jauch A,Janssen JW,Moog U

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Danish pedigree with olivo-ponto-cerebellar ataxia, transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait through six generations, has been studied. Forty-nine individuals were affected, and the main signs were staggering, ataxic gait, dysmetria and dysarthria. Early symptoms were always imbalance and clumsiness. Clinical feat...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Pedersen L

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a rare cutaneous and systemic disease caused by mutations in the ferrochelatase gene (FECH). The molecular underpinnings of EPP in Middle Eastern populations and relative to other ethnic groups secondary to increased consanguinity are unknown. To understand the molecular pathogen...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kadara H,Nemer G,Safi R,Rebeiz N,Daou L,Delbani D,Btadini W,Abbas O,Tofaili M,Bitar F,Kibbi AG,Shimomura Y,Kurban M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular genetics of GM1 beta-galactosidase is reviewed. This enzyme exists in two forms, A and B. Form A is monomeric with a molecular weight of 72,000 and appears to be coded by a single autosomal locus. Form B is polymeric and cross-reacts with anti-A antibodies; it is coded wholly or in part by the same locus...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： O'Brien JS

更新日期：1975-11-01 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：:A seven-generation pedigree of apparent X-linked, nonspecific mental retardation is reported. There are 19 known affected males who appear to have received the gene through normal mothers. Retardation, lack of fine motor coordination, hyperactivity and a speech defect are the characteristics of affected individuals st...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Yarbrough KM,Howard-Peebles PN

更新日期：1976-02-01 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：: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：:Myotonic dystrophy (MD) is an autosomal dominant disorder that has a high prevalence in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. A case-control study, based on a population register, of 373 MD patients who married in this region between 1855 and 1971 was conducted to determine whether their fertility was affected by the disorder. Six de...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Dao TN,Mathieu J,Bouchard JP,De Braekeleer M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00