Novel SYNGAP1 variant in a patient with intellectual disability and distinctive dysmorphisms.

abstract：:The aim of the investigation was to describe the risk of selected types of birth defects among older siblings of infants and fetuses with specific birth defects. Using data from a population-based birth defects registry in Hawaii for deliveries during 1986-2000, the precurrence risk (risk among older siblings) for any...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Forrester MB,Merz RD

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human genome harbors approximately 2000 genes that encode microRNAs (miRNAs), small non-coding RNAs of approximately 20-22 nt that mediate post-transcriptional gene silencing. MiRNAs are generated from long transcripts through stepwise processing by the Drosha/DGCR8, Exportin-5/RanGTP and Dicer/TRBP complexes. Giv...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kawahara Y

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT The heart is the first organ to form and function during development. In the pregastrula chick embryo, cells contributing to the heart are found in the postero-lateral epiblast. During the pregastrula stages, interaction between the posterior epiblast and hypoblast is required for the anterior lateral plate m...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Sakabe M,Matsui H,Sakata H,Ando K,Yamagishi T,Nakajima Y

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring in Ishikawa Prefecture (mean population; 1,150,000), during the 20-year period from 1981 to 2000, involved monitoring the prevalence of congenital anomalies starting at gestational week 22. The main objectives of the present study were (1) to investigate the trend over the past 20 years in the prevalence of...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Seto T,Nakagawa H,Morikawa Y,Nishijo M,Miura K,Kadoshima Y

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So far, 46 cases of placental mesenchymal dysplasia have been reported worldwide. We encountered 15 cases of placental mesenchymal dysplasia (PMD) including 7 cases delivered in our hospital. The incidence of PMD in our hospital was therefore, 7/30,758 (0.02%). The PMD had a peculiar appearance. In the gross findings,...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Arizawa M,Nakayama M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) is a popular laboratory primate belonging to Old World monkeys, which are the group most closely related to humans except for the apes. This paper summarizes a series of our studies regarding the development of cerebral sulci and gyri in this primate, and the stated possibility ...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Sawada K,Fukunishi K,Kashima M,Imai N,Saito S,Sakata-Haga H,Aoki I,Fukui Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are effective treatments for infertility and are widely provided at infertility clinics. Although IVF and related ART procedures are generally considered safe, some studies have suggested an excess occurrence of major malformations, low bi...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Shiota K,Yamada S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the high cost and the long-term assessment of developmental toxicity testing in mammals, the vertebrate zebrafish has become a useful alternative model organism for high-throughput developmental toxicity testing. Zebrafish is also very favorable for the 3R perspective in toxicology; however, the methodologies use...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Nishimura Y,Inoue A,Sasagawa S,Koiwa J,Kawaguchi K,Kawase R,Maruyama T,Kim S,Tanaka T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Omphalocele-exstrophy of the bladder (cloaca)-imperforate anus-spinal defects (OEIS) complex describes a rare grouping of more commonly occurring component malformations. We report two cases of OEIS complex diagnosed prenatally by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In both cases, OEIS complex was suspect...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Goto S,Suzumori N,Obayashi S,Mizutani E,Hayashi Y,Sugiura-Ogasawara M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracolumbar supernumerary ribs (TSRs) are classified as less severe skeletal anomalies in rat developmental toxicity studies, although their incidence is relatively high in rodent studies. To investigate the characteristics of the critical window for chemically-induced TSR, in this study, rats were administered 5-fl...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kuwagata M,Senuma M,Todoroki M,Kumagai F,Kumamoto T,Ogawa T

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdeletion of 2q31 involving the HOXD gene cluster is a rare syndrome. The deletion of the HOXD gene cluster is thought to result in skeletal anomalies in these patients. HOX genes encode highly conserved transcription factors that control cell fate and the regional identities along the primary body and limb axes. ...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Okamoto N,Kimura S,Shimojima K,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have shown the importance of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system in the pathophysiology of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. However, there has been inconsistency in the findings of those studies. Varied and sometimes contradictory interpretation has been made on the basis of similar results...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Ohno M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that the developing serotonergic system is one of the targets of ethanol teratogenicity. Because serotonin has multiple functions in both mature and immature brains, disturbance of the serotonergic system by ethanol exposure in utero can be cause of a wide range of psychiatric problems in adulthood. In the...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Ohta K,Sakata-Haga H,Fukui Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion of TWIST on 7p21 leads to Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, whereas deletion of the HOXA cluster on 7p15.2 leads to hand-foot-genital syndrome. We report here a patient with 46,XY,del(7)(p15.2p21) who had craniosynostosis, maxillary hypoplasia, prominent ear crus, rectoperineal fistula, and hypoplastic fifth fingers....

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kosaki R,Higuchi M,Mitsui N,Matsushima K,Ohashi H,Kosaki K

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indium, a precious metal classified in group 13 (IIIB) in the periodic table, has been used increasingly in the semiconductor industry. Because indium is a rare metal, technology for indium recycling from transparent conducting films for liquid crystal displays is desired, and its safety evaluation is becoming increas...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Nakajima M,Usami M,Nakazawa K,Arishima K,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS) is characterized by craniosynostosis, hypertelorism, a broad nasal tip and occasionally cleft lip and palate, and is caused by a mutation in the ephrin-B1 gene (EFNB1). The study of naturally occurring human EFNB1 mutations offers a unique opportunity to better define the critical por...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Torii C,Izumi K,Nakajima H,Takahashi T,Kosaki K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choroid plexus, a fetal organ developing approximately from the sixth week of gestation, plays a fundamental role in developing fetal brain organization. As relatively little is known about the relationship between anomalies of choroid plexuses structure and their role in brain function, we examined cases of bifid cho...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Centini G,Imperatore A,Morelli M,Rosignoli L,Passamonti U,Caprioli F,Lituania M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive prenatal diagnostic methods posing no danger to the embryo have been desired for many years in the field of prenatal medicine. We are in the process of improving the lectin method that we developed for recovering fetus-derived nucleated red blood cells (NRBC) in the maternal peripheral blood. We previousl...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Wachi T,Kitagawa M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many new microdeletion syndromes have been characterized in the past decade, including 2p15-p16.1 microdeletion syndrome. More than 10 patients with this syndrome have been described. Recently, we encountered two additional patients with 2p15-p16.1 microdeletion syndrome. All patients showed variable degrees of intell...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Shimojima K,Okamoto N,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Down syndrome (DS) is the most common cause of mental retardation. Several DS mouse models with partial trisomy 16 homologous to human chromosome 21 have been developed, and our research group has been studying those mouse models. We have shown a dosage-dependent overexpression of genes in the trisomic region of the m...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Yamakawa K

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Report of a female fetus aborted at the 25th week of gestation, with severe microcephalus, trigonocephaly, median cleft lip and palate, arhinia, and anophthalmia. On opening of the skull the cranial cavity seemed to be occupied only by hindbrain structures. The forebrain, including the tentorium cerebelli and the falx...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Schmitt HP,Born IA

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined immunohistochemically the expression of an enzymatically active form of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), phosphorylated TH at Ser40 (phospho-TH), in the cerebellum of ataxic mutant mice, rolling mouse Nagoya (RMN) and dilute-lethal (DL). TH immunostaining appeared in some Purkinje cells in RMN and DL, bu...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Sawada K,Ando M,Sakata-Haga H,Sun XZ,Jeong YG,Hisano S,Takeda N,Fukui Y

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectins are β-galactoside-binding lectins that participate in a wide range of biological processes. Galectins are distributed both inside and outside cells and are believed to have roles in both intra- and extracellular milieus. One of the well-recognized functions of galectins is stabilization of glycoproteins on t...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Arikawa T,Simamura E,Shimada H,Nakamura T,Hatta T,Shoji H

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study presented here was to check the debated human teratogenic potential of sulfonamide drugs. Five different sulfonamides such as sulfamethazine, sulfathiourea, sulfamethoxypyridazine, sulfamethoxydiazine and the combination of sulfamethazine-sulfathiourea-sulfamethoxypyridazine were differentia...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Czeizel AE,Puhó E,Sørensen HT,Olsen J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the abnormalities that are specific to administration of flucytosine at one time point during embryonic organogenesis, flucytosine was administered orally to pregnant Sprague Dawley (SD) rats in a single dose on day 11 of pregnancy at 25 or 35 mg/kg. Fetuses on day 20 of pregnancy were externally, visce...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Fujii S,Yabe K,Kariwano-Kimura Y,Furukawa M,Itoh K,Matsuura M,Horimoto M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyprogesterone, a synthetic progestin, was used for the treatment of pregnant women with threatened abortion and preterm delivery. Previous studies showed some association between hydroxyprogesterone use during early pregnancy and some specific congenital abnormalities. The population-based large Hungarian data s...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Dudás I,Gidai J,Czeizel AE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal diabetes mellitus is associated with increased fetal teratogenesis, including cardiovascular defects. Non-specific maternal immune stimulation with Freund's complete adjuvant (FCA) or interferon gamma (IFNgamma) has been associated with protection against birth malformations. Using a diabetic mouse model, lat...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Claudio Gutierrez J,Prater MR,Hrubec TC,Smith BJ,Freeman LE,Holladay SD

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular pathogenesis of human cerebral malformations is briefly reviewed from a neuropathologic viewpoint, with emphasis on holoprosencephaly and neuronal migration disorders. Immunopathologic approaches are useful in elucidating the essential pathomechanism of these anomalies. In alobar holoprosencephaly, for insta...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Mizuguchi M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 5-year-old girl with features resembling Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome, type I (sparse scalp hair, bushy eyebrows, bulbous nose, long philtrum, cone-shaped epiphyses, clinobrachydactyly, epiphyseal changes in the femoral head and short stature), and appendicular exostoses similar to trichorhinophalangea...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kikuchi N,Ogino T,Kashiwa H,Muragaki Y

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is limited information on the specific structural birth defects associated with the abdominal wall defects (AWD) omphalocele and gastroschisis, particularly which defects occur with the AWD at greater than expected rates (rates among all infants and fetuses with birth defects other than the AWD). Using data from...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Forrester MB,Merz RD

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00