Non-mosaic isodicentric X-chromosome in a patient with secondary amenorrhea.

abstract：:Use of an intragenic BamHI restriction fragment length polymorphism within the 5' end of the retinoblastoma gene (RB1) provided improved genetic counselling for five familial and ten non-familial retinoblastoma patients and their relatives. All other polymorphic probes within RB1 were uninformative in three families, ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Goddard AD,Phillips RA,Greger V,Passarge E,Höpping W,Zhu XP,Gallie BL,Horsthemke B

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：:Genetic heterogeneity has made the identification of genes related to hearing impairment a challenge. In the absence of a clear phenotypic aetiology, recurrence risk estimates are often based on family segregation and may be imprecise. We profiled by oligonucleotide array-CGH patients presenting non-syndromic hearing ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Rosenberg C,Freitas ÉL,Uehara DT,Auricchio MTBM,Costa SS,Oiticica J,Silva AG,Krepischi AC,Mingroni-Netto RC

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately one in three individuals will be affected by cancer in their lifetime in the United States, and some are at elevated risk because of family history. Although assessment of family history of cancer and cancer risk is the standard of care, the current health-care system appears unable to meet this need. Be...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kelly KM,Sweet K

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Sanfilippo syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type III) is the commonest mucoploysaccharidosis. It causes neurodegeneration with often profound sleep and behavioral disturbance. Management of the sleep disturbance is difficult and inconsistent. In this study, we surveyed clinicians with particular expertise in the manage...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fraser J,Wraith JE,Delatycki MB

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by major alterations of neurotransmitter activity due to damage of the substantia nigra. Changes in neuropeptide concentration within the basal ganglia may play an important role in the putative dopaminergic-peptidergic interactions associated with the disease. Cholecystokinin...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fujii C,Harada S,Ohkoshi N,Hayashi A,Yoshizawa K,Ishizuka C,Nakamura T

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：:We report the case of a child with partial trisomy of the short arm of chromosome 17, which was characterized by 24-color spectral karyotyping (SKY) and other fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) methods. The child had phenotypic features previously associated with trisomy 17p, including facial characteristics, d...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Morelli SH,Deubler DA,Brothman LJ,Carey JC,Brothman AR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a family in which two different types of acrocephalosyndactyly (ACS) were clinically identified. The proband presented with the classic stigmata of Pfeiffer syndrome, while her cousin was considered to be a typical case of Apert syndrome. Seven other family members also have unusually shaped head...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Escobar V,Bixler D

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy (RC) have impaired diastolic function, but intact systolic function until later stages of the disease, ultimately leading to heart failure. Primary RC is often sporadic, but also may be inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion, particularly the idiopathic forms. Recently ther...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Zhang J,Kumar A,Stalker HJ,Virdi G,Ferrans VJ,Horiba K,Fricker FJ,Wallace MR

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a heterogeneous genetic disorder caused by loss of function mutations of PKD1 or PKD2 genes. Although PKD1 is highly polymorphic and the new mutation rate is relatively high, the role of mosaicism is incompletely defined. Herein, we describe the molecular analysi...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Tan AY,Blumenfeld J,Michaeel A,Donahue S,Bobb W,Parker T,Levine D,Rennert H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 2-year-old female patient who had megaloblastic anaemia caused by selective vitamin B12 malabsorption (Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome) and del(21)(q22). To our knowledge, this is the first observation of Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome associated with del(21)(q22) in the literature. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Celep F,Karagüzel A,Aynaci FM,Erduran E

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：: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：:Methods are presented to estimate relative fitness of carriers as a function of fertility, survival, are generation time in pedigrees under incomplete ascertainment. A large sample of diverse chromosomal aberrations reveals significant effects on all three parameters, giving a relative fitness of .769 +/- .039. There ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Morton NE,Jacobs PA,Frackiewicz A,Law P,Hilditch CJ

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two semen samples from a 47,XXY male were examined using chromosome-specific DNA probes and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) to determine the distribution of sex chromosomes and an autosome (chromosome 17) in the sperm. A motile population of sperm was also prepared from one sample using the swim-up technique ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Han TH,Ford JH,Flaherty SP,Webb GC,Matthews CD

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：:Atypical or variant forms of well-known chondrodysplasias may pose diagnostic problems. We report on a girl with clinical features suggesting diastrophic dysplasia but with unusual radiographic features including severe platyspondyly, wide metaphyses, and fibular overgrowth, which are partially reminiscent of metatrop...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Mégarbané A,Haddad FA,Haddad-Zebouni S,Achram M,Eich G,Le Merrer M,Superti-Furga A

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A low arylsulphatase A activity was noted in the leukocytes and cultured skin fibroblasts of a child without any other symptoms of metachromatic leukodystrophy. Although the mother had a level of arylsulphatase commensurate with heterozygosity for the classical metachromatic leukodystrophy gene, the father had a vari...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Butterworth J,Broadhead DM,Keay AJ

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial 1555A>G mutation is one of the most common mutations responsible for hearing loss in Asians. Although the association with aminoglycoside exposure is well known, there is great variation in the severity of hearing loss. We analyzed hearing levels in 221 Japanese individuals with this mutation and att...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Lu SY,Nishio S,Tsukada K,Oguchi T,Kobayashi K,Abe S,Usami S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population-based genetic screening has been a mainstay of public health in the United States for many years. The goal of genetic screening is to identify individuals at increased risk for treatable diseases. The evolution of genetic testing to include multi-disease panels allows for new screening applications which ch...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Golden-Grant K,Merritt JL 2nd,Scott CR

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome (RTT) is an X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene, with apparent lethality in male embryos. However, recent studies indicate that mutations in the MECP2 gene can cause congenital encephalopathy, an Angelman-like phenotype and even nonspecific mental retardation in mal...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kleefstra T,Yntema HG,Oudakker AR,Romein T,Sistermans E,Nillessen W,van Bokhoven H,de Vries BB,Hamel BC

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This brief account of Woody Guthrie is instructive to clinical geneticists. It tells the story of one famous man's understanding of, and struggle with, Huntington's disease. The philatelic illustration depicts Woody Guthrie playing his guitar in the years before advancement of the disease. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Innes AM,Chudley AE

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoblastoid cell lines have been established from nine female patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who had previously been reported to have chromosome translocations with breakpoints in the Xp21 region. A detailed cytogenetic comparison of prometaphase chromosomes in these cell lines revealed that six of the t...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Boyd Y,Buckle VJ

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiovascular disease. HCM is a highly complex and heterogeneous disease regarding not only the number of associated mutations but also the severity of phenotype, symptom burden, and the risk of complications, such as heart failure and sudden death. The p...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sabater-Molina M,Pérez-Sánchez I,Hernández Del Rincón JP,Gimeno JR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a Danish family highly susceptible to ischemic heart disease, hyperlipidemia did not simply cosegregate with a previously undescribed 10 bp deletion in the LDL receptor gene causing heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). This mutation, designated as FH DK-4, deletes 10 nucleotides from exon 4 coding for t...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Jensen HK,Hansen PS,Jensen LG,Kristensen MJ,Klausen IC,Kjeldsen M,Lemming L,Bolund L,Gregersen N,Faergeman O

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A linkage study was carried out in nine families with 24 males affected by X-linked recessive retinoschisis (RS), using three polymorphic DNA probes from the distal segment of Xp. Close linkage of the disease locus with markers DXS41 (probe p99-6) and DXS16 (pXUT23) was found, confirming the location of the RS gene on...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Alitalo T,Kärnä J,Forsius H,de la Chapelle A

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor activity, measured as 125I-LDL association and degradation at 37 degrees C, was determined in cultured fibroblasts from involved as well as uninvolved skin obtained from 20 psoriasis patients. The same analyses were conducted in fibroblasts from two reference groups consisting of...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Leren TP,Maartmann-Moe K,Thune P,Berg K

更新日期：1984-03-01 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