Deficiency of acyl-CoA synthetase 5 is associated with a severe and treatable failure to thrive of neonatal onset.

abstract：:The hypothalamus plays a critical role in the regulation of food intake and body weight, and recent work has defined a core circuitry in the hypothalamus that appears to mediate many of the effects of the adipocyte-derived hormone leptin on feeding and glucose homeostasis. However, until recently, little was known abo...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bouret SG,Simerly RB

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of 95 presumably healthy, 40-42-year old males from Northen Sweden, the Lp(a) phenotype distribution differed between those who had, and those who did not have one or more close relatives (parent or sib) with coronary heart disease. In the former group, 60% of the males were Lp(a+), as opposed to 28% in the...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Berg K,Dahlén G,Børresen AL

更新日期：1979-11-01 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：:Hereditary hair loss in human is a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders. It is characterized by sparse to complete absence of hair on the scalp and other parts of the body. In few cases tightly curled twisted wooly hair (WH) on the scalp has been reported as well. The hair loss disorders, includ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Basit S,Khan S,Ahmad W

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：: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：: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：:Based on current consensus guidelines and standard practice, many genetic variants detected in clinical testing are classified as disease causing based on their predicted impact on the normal expression or function of the gene in the absence of additional data. However, our laboratory has identified a subset of such v...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Rosenthal ET,Bowles KR,Pruss D,van Kan A,Vail PJ,McElroy H,Wenstrup RJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From a large cohort of hyperlipidemic patients, who attended the Lipid Research Clinic in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and in Vancouver, Canada, 915 consecutive patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) of Dutch descent, were selected. This group of FH patients was screened for the presence of a cytosine to thymi...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Defesche JC,van de Ree MA,Kastelein JJ,van Diermen DE,Janssens NW,van Doormaal JJ,Hayden MR

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 16-year-old boy, born to consanguineous parents, with mental retardation, gait disturbances and dysarthria; brain magnetic resonance showed features consistent with rhombencephalosynapsis. This condition is characterised by a hypoplastic single-lobed cerebellum. The interest of this case is the presence of...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Romanengo M,Tortori-Donati P,Di Rocco M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report two families with myotonic dystrophy (DM) in which the asymptomatic parent proved to be in a pre-mutation state. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of the region spanning the CTG expansion demonstrated that one father of the proband possessed (CTG)n repeats of n = 12 and 44 copies and the other of...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Yamagata H,Kinoshita M,Komori T,Kondo I,Miki T

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical, pathological and genetic study was made of 50 patients with retinoblastoma in the Newcastle Hospital region over the period 1931-1970 inclusive. Twenty-seven patients were affected in one eye only; 23 had bilateral tumours. The incidence of the tumour was approximately 1:16,000 live births. Bilateral cases...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Aherne GE,Roberts DF

更新日期：1975-10-01 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：UNLABELLED:After a 4-year multidisciplinary study of albinism our findings will be presented here. Over a hundred albinos were examined, together with their heterozygote family members. Given this substantial patient and subject sample we were provided with the opportunity to: evaluate the results of standard diagnosti...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： van Dorp DB

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 80% of the first degree relatives of 106 patients with iron overload - 97 with idiopathic haemochromatosis (I.H.) and nine with haemosiderosis secondary to alcohol induced liver disease (A.H. - were examined. Physical examination and measurement of plasma iron level and UIBC were done in all subjects; relati...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Simon M,Alexandre JL,Bourel M,Le Marec B,Scordia C

更新日期：1977-05-01 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：:Mediastinal vascular rings cause tracheoesophageal obstruction, resulting in respiratory symptoms and dysphagia in children. Although a large number of children with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome have frequent respiratory infections and feeding difficulties, there has been no firmly established association between this sy...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Shashi V,Fryburg JS

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:It has been suggested that patients with autosomal recessive merosin deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD), as opposed to the merosin positive cases form a homogeneous subgroup of a clinically more severe form of CMD. We examined merosin expression in muscle biopsies from five children with the severe classica...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Vajsar J,Chitayat D,Becker LE,Ho M,Ben-Zeev B,Jay V

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) is standard of care, first-tier clinical testing for detection of genomic copy number variation among patients with developmental disabilities. Although diagnostic yield is higher than traditional cytogenetic testing, management impact has not been well studied. We surveyed geneti...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Riggs ER,Wain KE,Riethmaier D,Smith-Packard B,Faucett WA,Hoppman N,Thorland EC,Patel VC,Miller DT

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine any association of physical activity and Taq 1B polymorphism in the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene on high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Five hundred and four subjects, 390 males and 114 females consisting of an equal number of age- and sex-matched healthy contro...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Mukherjee M,Shetty KR

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three fertile, non-mosaic patients with partial monosomy of an X-chromosome (two with Xp deletion with breakpoints at Xp1106 and Xp2101, respectively, and one with a del(Xq25)) were found among 12 females with Xp deletion and three with Xq deletion investigated in this laboratory after the advent of banding techniques...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fryns JP,Kleczkowska A,Petit P,van den Berghe H

更新日期：1982-08-01 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：:Mitotic chromosome analyses performed on 820 infertile men revealed 60 (7.3%) men with some kind of chromosomal abnormality. Sex chromosomal abnormalities were detected in 28 (3.4%) and autosomal translocations in 9 (1.0%). Pericentric inversions of chromosome 9, with possible adverse effect on reproduction, was found...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Mićić M,Mićić S,Diklić V

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHARGE syndrome is a multiple congenital anomaly syndrome that can be life-threatening in the neonatal period. Complex heart defects, bilateral choanal atresia, esophageal atresia, severe T-cell deficiency, and brain anomalies can cause neonatal death. As little is known about the causes of death in childhood and adol...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bergman JE,Blake KD,Bakker MK,du Marchie Sarvaas GJ,Free RH,van Ravenswaaij-Arts CM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on an investigation into the differences in image quality of different components used in a digital image processing system for chromosome analysis. As chromosome aberrations are important tools in the cloning of genes, it is important to know if the introduction of computerized analysis systems inc...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Nivall S,Holmquist D,Gustavsson T,Wahlström J

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：:A total of 509 specimens of spontaneous abortion were studied. Of 364 complete specimens, 15 (4.1%) had central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities. The defects which were seen were anencephaly, spina bifida, iniencephaly, encephalocele and anencephaly combined with complete rachischisis. A high proportion (five out of...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bell JE,Gosden CM

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report concerns two patients with clinical features typical for tetrasomy 18p syndrome. Chromosomal analysis revealed a male karyotype in both cases, with an additional small metacentric marker chromosome, putatively an i(18p). Fluorescent in situ hybridization with a chromosome 18-specific paint confirmed that t...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Back E,Toder R,Voiculescu I,Wildberg A,Schempp W

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a family in which a woman with the mosaic karyotype 45,X/46,X,del(X)(p21.2) transmitted the deleted X chromosome to two daughters. The nature of the deletion was confirmed by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). All three family members showed somatic Ullrich-Turner syndrome features, but only one daugh...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Zinn AR,Ouyang B,Ross JL,Varma S,Bourgeois M,Tonk V

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00