Usefulness of a registry of congenital malformations for genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis.

abstract：:Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED) is an autosomal-recessive autoimmune disease caused by autoimmune regulator gene mutations. The aim of this study was to examine the mutation profile of Polish APECED patients, determine the carrier rate of the most frequent mutation(s) and estima...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Stolarski B,Pronicka E,Korniszewski L,Pollak A,Kostrzewa G,Rowińska E,Włodarski P,Skórka A,Gremida M,Krajewski P,Ploski R

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:436 index patients with major congenital urinary tract malformations, 385 with upper and 51 with lower urinary tract anomalies, were studied. A significant male sex predominance was noted in each group. No apparent correlation was found between parental age, birth order, birth weight and incidence of these malformatio...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bois E,Feingold J,Benmaiz H,Briard ML

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-year-old female with the Pierre Robin anomaly and bilateral index finger malformations is described. Hypertelorism, full cheeks, posteriorly rotated ears with prominent antihelix, short neck, simian creases, bilateral fifth finger clinodactyly, and short toes with hypoplastic small nails were also present. Her m...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Dignan PS,Martin LW,Zenni EJ Jr

更新日期：1986-02-01 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：:Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation was carried out in an 81-day-old Portuguese water dog with GM1 gangliosidosis using a DLA identical sibling as donor. Engraftment was complete and beta-galactosidase activity in leukocytes of the transplanted dog were similar to those in the donor. Over the next 2.5 months neurol...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： O'Brien JS,Storb R,Raff RF,Harding J,Appelbaum F,Morimoto S,Kishimoto Y,Graham T,Ahern-Rindell A,O'Brien SL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Say-Barber-Biesecker-Young-Simpson variant of Ohdo syndrome (SBBYSS) and Genitopatellar syndrome (GTPTS) are 2 rare but clinically well-described diseases caused by de novo heterozygous sequence variants in the KAT6B gene. Both phenotypes are characterized by significant global developmental delay/intellectual dis...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Lonardo F,Lonardo MS,Acquaviva F,Della Monica M,Scarano F,Scarano G

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:The responsibility to provide accessible, useful genetic counseling to individuals from many cultures and ethnicities arises from the increasing ethnocultural diversity of the populations served, coupled with the ethical goal of providing equal access and quality of services for all individuals. The multicultural educ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Weil J

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-mosaic males with a 46,XY karyotype and a MECP2 null mutation display a phenotype of severe neonatal-onset encephalopathy that is distinctly different from Rett syndrome (RTT). To increase awareness of this rare disorder, we are reporting novel findings in a sporadic case, compare them to 16 previously reported ca...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Schüle B,Armstrong DD,Vogel H,Oviedo A,Francke U

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Methylumbelliferyl-6-sulfo-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranoside was synthesized and tested as a substrate for the diagnosis of GM2 gangliosidoses using leukocytes. Less than 2% of normal activity was measured in homogenates from patients with typical Tay-Sachs disease and from a patient with a variant form hav...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Inui K,Wenger DA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the family of a patient who had an SLE-like syndrome and an extremely low serum C4 revealed an inheritance of C4 types and HLA region markers which indicated that the patient had 60--70% of "normal" C4 level prior to the onset of disease. Thus the extremely low C4 level during her disease may result from a ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Cream JJ,Olaisen B,Teisberg P,Soler AV,Thompson RA

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Branched chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKAD) deficiency, or maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), can be categorized as classical, intermediate, intermittent or thiamine responsive, based on generally concordant in vitro BCKAD activity and severity of phenotype. We present clinical and enzymatic data on a boy with ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gonzalez-Rios MC,Chuang DT,Cox RP,Schmidt K,Knopf K,Packman S

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activity in erythrocytes was measured in six children with Down's syndrome and in their parents to determine if COMT activity is related to a gene on chromosome 21. A gene dosage effect was a possible explanation of the COMT value in three of the children but not in the other three....

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gustavson KH,Flodérus Y,Jagell S,Wetterberg L,Ross SB

更新日期：1982-07-01 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：:We report the analysis of altogether 1050 suspected hereditary breast/ovarian cancer (HBOC) families, 524 fully screened for BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations and 526 tested only for the most common mutations. Of the 119 families with pathogenic mutations, 40 (33.6%) had the BRCA2 c.156_157insAlu rearrangement and 15 (12.6%) the ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Peixoto A,Santos C,Pinto P,Pinheiro M,Rocha P,Pinto C,Bizarro S,Veiga I,Principe AS,Maia S,Castro F,Couto R,Gouveia A,Teixeira MR

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:XLαs, the extra-large isoform of alpha-subunit of the stimulatory guanine nucleotide-binding protein (Gsα), is paternally expressed. The significance of XLαs in humans remains largely unknown. Here, we report a patient who presented with increased bone mass, hypophosphatemia, and elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH) lev...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Chen X,Meng Y,Tang M,Wang Y,Xie Y,Wan S,Tian H,Yu X

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sibship consisting of three siblings, one male and two females with unrelated parents, showed a clinical syndrome including: infantile spasms with hypsarrhythmia, microcephaly, severe mental retardation and spastic quadriplegia. The pneumoencephalogram performed in two sibs showed agenesis of the corpus callosum and...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Cao A,Cianchetti C,Signorini E,Loi M,Sanna G,De Virgiliis S

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cause of hearing impairment has not been elucidated in a large proportion of patients. We screened by 1-Mb array-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) 29 individuals with syndromic hearing impairment whose clinical features were not typical of known disorders. Rare chromosomal copy number changes were det...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Catelani AL,Krepischi AC,Kim CA,Kok F,Otto PA,Auricchio MT,Mazzeu JF,Uehara DT,Costa SS,Knijnenburg J,Tabith A Jr,Vianna-Morgante AM,Mingroni-Netto RC,Rosenberg C

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two children, the products of a consanguineous union, who died in infancy. Both children had severe microcephaly intracranial calcification, lissencephaly and polymicrogyria. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Burn J,Wickramasinghe HT,Harding B,Baraitser M

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baraitser-Winter cerebrofrontofacial syndrome (BWCFF) (BRWS; MIM #243310, 614583) is a rare developmental disorder affecting multiple organ systems. It is characterised by intellectual disability (mild to severe) and distinctive facial appearance (metopic ridging/trigonocephaly, bilateral ptosis, hypertelorism). The a...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Yates TM,Turner CL,Firth HV,Berg J,Pilz DT

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently characterized the transcriptome of the omental adipose tissue of non-diabetic, obese men with and without the metabolic syndrome (MS). The cysteine-rich protein 61 (CYR61) is one of the most differentially expressed genes between the groups and has been selected for a detailed molecular investigation....

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bouchard L,Tchernof A,Deshaies Y,Lebel S,Hould FS,Marceau P,Vohl MC

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alterations in GFER gene have been associated with progressive mitochondrial myopathy, congenital cataracts, hearing loss, developmental delay, lactic acidosis and respiratory chain deficiency in 3 siblings born to consanguineous Moroccan parents by homozygosity mapping and candidate gene approach (OMIM#6130...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Nambot S,Gavrilov D,Thevenon J,Bruel AL,Bainbridge M,Rio M,Goizet C,Rötig A,Jaeken J,Niu N,Xia F,Vital A,Houcinat N,Mochel F,Kuentz P,Lehalle D,Duffourd Y,Rivière JB,Thauvin-Robinet C,Beaudet AL,Faivre L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Y chromosome sequences in Turner syndrome (TS) patients may predispose them to gonadoblastoma formation with an estimated risk of 15-25%. The aim of this study was to determine the presence and the incidence of cryptic Y chromosome material in the genome of TS patients. The methodology involved a combi...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Patsalis PC,Sismani C,Hadjimarcou MI,Kitsiou-Tzeli S,Tzezou A,Hadjiathanasiou CG,Velissariou V,Lymberatou E,Moschonas NK,Skordis N

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein B (apoB) signal peptide (sp) polymorphism was characterized by polymerase chain reaction in blood samples of 58 coronary artery disease (CAD) patients and 319 control individuals of Chinese Han ethnic origin in Taiwan. In the CAD group, 77% of the observed alleles were sp27 (sp with 27 amino acids), and...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Wu JH,Wen MS,Lo SK,Chern MS

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocerebrosidase activity in extracts of leukocytes, Epstein-Barr virus transformed lymphocytes and fibroblasts from Portuguese Type 1 Gaucher disease patients was studied. The residual glucocerebrosidase activity in all extracts from patients was less than 25% if measured in the presence of bile salt taurocholate. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sa Miranda MC,Aerts JM,Pinto R,Fontes A,de Lacerda LW,van Weely S,Barranger J,Tager JM

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of data from 56,664 marriages in Turkey studied from 1970 to 1988 showed an overall rate of consanguineous marriages, of 21.25%, and increases in the rates of abortions, stillbirths, prenatal losses and neonatal deaths. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Başaran N,Hassa H,Başaran A,Artan S,Stevenson JD,Sayli BS

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 2 patients with Angelman syndrome (AS) due to paternal uniparental disomy (UPD). One patient is a female aged 30 years and the other a male aged 4 1/2 years. Both have the characteristic wide mouth and big chin, moderate mental retardation, virtually no speech but some 30 words of sign language and a happy...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Smith A,Robson L,Buchholz B

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciliopathies, a growing pleotropic class of diseases due to mutations in genes that play an important role in primary cilia function. These highly conserved organelles are key to cell signaling. We now know, that mutations in one gene may lead to more than one ciliopathy phenotype and that one ciliopathy phenotype may...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Moran J,G Sanderson K,Maynes J,Vig A,Batmanabane V,Kannu P,Tavares E,Vincent A,Héon E

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying a mutation in a heterogeneous disease such as inherited cardiomyopathy is a challenge because classical methods, like linkage analysis, can often not be applied as there are too few meioses between affected individuals. However, if affected individuals share the same causal mutation, they will also share a...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： van der Zwaag PA,van Tintelen JP,Gerbens F,Jongbloed JD,Boven LG,van der Smagt JJ,van der Roest WP,van Langen IM,Bikker H,Hauer RN,van den Berg MP,Hofstra RM,te Meerman GJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leigh syndrome (LS), the most common childhood mitochondrial disorder, has characteristic clinical and neuroradiologic features. Mutations in more than 75 genes have been identified in both the mitochondrial and nuclear genome, implicating a high degree of genetic heterogeneity in LS. To profile these genetic signatur...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Lee JS,Yoo T,Lee M,Lee Y,Jeon E,Kim SY,Lim BC,Kim KJ,Choi M,Chae JH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00