Kallmann syndrome associated with choanal atresia.

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：:Two brothers presented from birth with features characteristic of Sotos syndrome (cerebral gigantism): overgrowth, craniofacial abnormalities, and mental retardation with hyperactive and aggressive behavior. X-ray examination of the hands revealed imbalanced and advanced skeletal age in one, whereas anterior fontanel ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Boman H,Nilsson D

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) haplotypes, including HLA-A, -B, -C and -DR and complotypes (BF, C2, C4A and C4B) were determined in a large family with inherited C4 deficiency. The propositus, a 12-year-old girl with complete C4 deficiency and SLE, had the MHC haplotypes HLA-A2,Cw3,-B40,-DR6,BFS,C2C,C4AQO,C4AB...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sjöholm AG,Kjellman NI,Löw B

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Noonan syndrome (NS) is a congenital abnormality that affects multiple parts of the body. Approximately 50% of cases are caused by mutations in the PTPN11 gene. NS shares many clinical features with a group of developmental disorders including Costello syndrome and cardio-facio-cutaneous (CFC) syndrome. Recently, KRAS...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Lee ST,Ki CS,Lee HJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a case report on an infant with de novo terminal deletions on the long arm of chromosome 14 and on the short arm of chromosome 20 [46, XX, del(14)(q32)del(20)(p11)]. Examination revealed that the infant had a peculiar face, a cleft and high palate, abnormal dentition, butterfly-like vertebral defects, finger a...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Uehara S,Akai Y,Takeyama Y,Okamura K,Takabayashi T,Yajima A,Natsui M,Nakai H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rare heritable syndromes may affect educational attainment. Here, we study education in neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) that is associated with multifaceted medical, social and cognitive consequences. Educational attainment in the Finnish population-based cohort of 1408 individuals with verified NF1 was compared with matche...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Johansson E,Kallionpää RA,Böckerman P,Peltonen J,Peltonen S

更新日期：2020-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent trisomy 21: four cases in three generations. While gonadal mosaicism can lead to recurrence of trisomy 21 (T21) for a single couple, the recurrence of free T21 in multiple members of a single pedigree has rarely been reported. We present an unusual pedigree with four cases of Down syndrome (DS) with free T21...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gair JL,Arbour L,Rupps R,Jiang R,Bruyère H,Robinson WP

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the RMRP gene that codes for an RNA subunit of the MRP RNAse complex are the cause of cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH; MIM 250250). We tested the hypothesis that recessive metaphyseal dysplasia without hypotrichosis (M1M 250460), a disorder presenting with short stature and metaphyseal dysplasia similar to...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bonafé L,Schmitt K,Eich G,Giedion A,Superti-Furga A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful fertilization is fundamental for sexual reproduction. After undergoing a series of molecular and morphological changes, the haploid sperm fuses with the haploid oocyte to create a diploid zygote. Defects in this process might lead to human fertilization failure. We have previously found homozygous mutations...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Zhang Z,Mu J,Zhao J,Zhou Z,Chen B,Wu L,Yan Z,Wang W,Zhao L,Dong J,Sun X,Kuang Y,Li B,Wang L,Sang Q

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hobbs et al. (N. Engl. J. Med. 317: 734-737, 1987) reported a large deletion of approximately 10 kilobases in the 5' portion of the human low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene. This deletion affects about 60% of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) heterozygotes in the French Canadian population. We have developed...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ma YH,Bétard C,Roy M,Davignon J,Kessling AM

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Details are presented of a boy with partial lipodystrophy. Only one male case has previously been described with this condition. The spectrum of partial lipodystrophy syndromes and the inheritance thereof are discussed in relation to our case. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Reardon W,Temple IK,Mackinnon H,Leonard JV,Baraitser M

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peeling skin disease (PSD) is an autosomal recessive skin disorder caused by mutations in CDSN and is characterized by superficial peeling of the upper epidermis. Corneodesmosin (CDSN) is a major component of corneodesmosomes that plays an important role in maintaining epidermis integrity. Herein, we report a patient ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Wada T,Matsuda Y,Muraoka M,Toma T,Takehara K,Fujimoto M,Yachie A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A de novo supernumerary small marker chromosome 15 was observed in a female infant with mental and statomotoric retardation as well as minor facial dysmorphia. The marker chromosome was analyzed by ten different staining techniques and 5-azacytidine treatment of lymphocyte cultures. It is shown that the supernumerary ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Schmid M,Schindler D,Haaf T

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we report a 22-year-old male with an asymmetric skeletal dysplasia, affecting almost the whole right part of the body and closely resembling pseudoachondroplastic dysplasia. This "segmental" type of chondrodysplasia is apparently another rare example of a somatic mutation of an autosomal dominant gene in...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fryns JP,van den Berghe H

更新日期：1986-10-01 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

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：:Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is a rare congenital neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by postnatal growth deficiency, skeletal abnormalities, dysmorphic features and cognitive deficit. Mutations in two genes, CREBBP and EP300, encoding two homologous transcriptional co-activators, have been identified in ˜55...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Negri G,Milani D,Colapietro P,Forzano F,Della Monica M,Rusconi D,Consonni L,Caffi LG,Finelli P,Scarano G,Magnani C,Selicorni A,Spena S,Larizza L,Gervasini C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SOX18 mutations in humans are associated with both recessive and dominant hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia syndrome (HLTS). We report two families with affected children carrying a SOX18 mutation: a living patient and his stillborn brother from Canada and a Belgian patient. The two living patients were diagnose...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Moalem S,Brouillard P,Kuypers D,Legius E,Harvey E,Taylor G,Francois M,Vikkula M,Chitayat D

更新日期：2015-04-01 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 insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) or hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type IV is a rare, autosomal recessive neurologic disorder, characterized by absence of reaction to painful stimuli, mental retardation, self- mutilating behavior, anhidrosis, and recurrent episodes of hyperthermia. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Suriu C,Khayat M,Weiler M,Kfir N,Cohen C,Zinger A,Aslanidis C,Schmitz G,Falik-Zaccai TC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in IRF6 cause Van der Woude syndrome (VWS), one of the most common syndromes associated with cleft lip (CL) with or without cleft palate (CP). The presence of pits on the lower lip of patients is the most characteristic feature of the syndrome. We have identified three novel and seven previously reported IRF...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Malik S,Kakar N,Hasnain S,Ahmad J,Wilcox ER,Naz S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A girl and her newborn brother with factor XIII deficiency from a family, which has not previously been reported, as described; two other Israeli families are reviewed. The sexes are equally affected. In two of the three families there was consanguinity among the parents. The families fit autosomal recessive inheritan...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fried K,Kaufman S,Beer S

更新日期：1981-12-01 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：:Mutations in the L1CAM gene cause neurological abnormalities of variable severity, including congenital hydrocephalus, agenesis of the corpus callosum, spastic paraplegia, bilaterally adducted thumbs, aphasia, and mental retardation. Inter- and intrafamilial variability is a well-known feature of the L1CAM spectrum, a...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Basel-Vanagaite L,Straussberg R,Friez MJ,Inbar D,Korenreich L,Shohat M,Schwartz CE

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:Whole-exome sequencing (WES) has transformed our ability to detect mutations causing rare diseases. FORGE (Finding Of Rare disease GEnes) and Care4Rare Canada are nation-wide projects focused on identifying disease genes using WES and translating this technology to patient care. Rare forms of epilepsy are well-suited ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Dyment DA,Tétreault M,Beaulieu CL,Hartley T,Ferreira P,Chardon JW,Marcadier J,Sawyer SL,Mosca SJ,Innes AM,Parboosingh JS,Bulman DE,Schwartzentruber J,Majewski J,Tarnopolsky M,Boycott KM,FORGE Canada Consortium.,Care4Rar

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old mentally retarded woman was found to have a complex rearrangement of one chromosome 4. Her karyotype is interpreted as 46,XX,inv(4) (pter----p14::q12----p14::q12----qter) del (4) (pter----15.33::p15.2----qter). Clinically she does not show the features of the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. Her phenotype and c...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Romain DR,Columbano-Green LM,Parfitt RG,Chapman CJ,Smythe RH,Gebbie OB

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome of peroneal muscular atrophy, or Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), disease represents the most common inherited peripheral neuropathy, with a prevalence of about 1 per 2500. The disease is usually transmitted in an autosomal dominant fashion, although it can display all the mendelian patterns of inheritance. The...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Guzzetta V,Santoro L,Gasparo-Rippa P,Ragno M,Vita G,Caruso G,Andria G

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family is reported in which Sanfilippo A syndrome affected three siblings: the proband and twin premature infants. The feasibility of intrauterine diagnosis of mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Type IIIA, was demonstrated by the excessive accumulation of 35SO4-mucopolysaccharides in fibroblasts cultured from amniotic flui...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Greenwood RS,Hillman RE,Alcala H,Sly WS

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00