X-linked ichthyosis, bilateral cryptorchidism, hypogenitalism and mental retardation in two siblings.

abstract：:We report our findings in four cases of metachromatic leukodystrophy diagnosed in Greece during the last 4 years. The age of onset and the clinical symptoms were those described for the late infantile form of the disease. However, one patient retained his speech and mental abilities despite his pronounced motor regres...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Michelakakis H,Dimitriou E,Bartsocas C,Skardoutsou A,Giouroukos S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex chromosomal rearrangements (CCRs) are rare findings in clinical cytogenetics. As a result of the high risk of unbalanced segregation, familial cases are even rarer and maternal transmission occurs more frequently than paternal transmission. Analogous to Drosophila and mice, as well as to CCRs involving the Y c...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Grossmann V,Höckner M,Karmous-Benailly H,Liang D,Puttinger R,Quadrelli R,Röthlisberger B,Huber A,Wu L,Spreiz A,Fauth C,Erdel M,Zschocke J,Utermann G,Kotzot D

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) has progressively replaced conventional karyotype in the diagnostic strategy of intellectual disability (ID) and congenital malformations. This technique increases not only the diagnostic rate but also the possibility of finding unexpected variants unrelated to the indica...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Nguyen K,Putoux A,Busa T,Cordier MP,Sigaudy S,Till M,Chabrol B,Michel-Calemard L,Bernard R,Julia S,Malzac P,Labalme A,Missirian C,Edery P,Popovici C,Philip N,Sanlaville D

更新日期：2015-05-01 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 novel missense mutations, 1939G to A (R518Q) and 2017A to G (Q544R) were identified in Japanese patients with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They are located in exon 6, which encodes part of the putative adenosine triphosphate binding domain of ALD protein. The ALD protein carrying the R518Q mutation was undetectable...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Imamura A,Suzuki Y,Song XQ,Fukao T,Uchiyama A,Shimozawa N,Kamijo K,Hashimoto T,Orii T,Kondo N

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain insight into the genetic variation of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene in Korean patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), we used single-strand conformation polymorphism to screen all 18 exons and a promotor of the LDL receptor gene in 20 unrelated Korean FH patients. Four novel point...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Shin JA,Kim SH,Kim UK,Chae JJ,Choe SJ,Namkoong Y,Kim HS,Park YB,Lee CC

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：: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：:FLNC-related myofibrillar myopathy could manifest as autosomal dominant late-onset slowly progressive proximal muscle weakness; involvements of cardiac and/or respiratory functions are common. We describe 34 patients in nine families of FLNC-related myofibrillar myopathy in Hong Kong ethnic Chinese diagnosed over the ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Lee HH,Wong S,Sheng B,Pan NK,Leung YF,Lau KD,Cheng YS,Ho LC,Li R,Lee CN,Tsoi TH,Cheung YN,Fu YM,Kan NA,Chu YP,Au WL,Yeung HJ,Li SH,Cheung CM,Tong HF,Hung LE,Chan TY,Li CT,Tong TT,Tong TC,Leung HC,Lee K

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concurrence of a short arm isochromosome and a translocation of the entire long arm of the same chromosome to a telomere of another chromosome, implying trisomy for 4p, 5p, 7p, 9p, 10p or 12p, has been described in 13 patients. We have now used fluorescence in situ hybrization (FISH) to better characterize one of ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Rivera H,Vásquez AI,Perea FJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a dysmorphic syndrome in eight males of the same family (four brothers, three cousins and one uncle) that is characterised by: mental retardation, facial dysmorphia, abnormal growth of teeth, skin dimple at the lower back, clinodactyly, patella luxation, malformation of lower limbs, abnormalities of the fun...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Prieto F,Badía L,Mulas F,Monfort A,Mora F

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is a multifactorial skin disease characterised by epidermal abnormalities and infiltration by lymphocytes and polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). Skin-derived antileukoproteinase (SKALP), also known as elafin, is a potent inhibitor of human leukocyte elastase and proteinase 3, two PMN-derived proteinases imp...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kuijpers AL,Pfundt R,Zeeuwen PL,Molhuizen HO,Mariman EC,van de Kerkhof PC,Schalkwijk J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart disease is the commonest malformation in humans and contributes greatly to the burden of disease in infancy. Increasingly, developmental origins are also implicated in heart disease in adults. Significant advances have been made over the past decade in elucidating morphogenetic events of heart formati...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Andelfinger G

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined the insertion/deletion (Ins/Del) and XbaI polymorphisms of the apolipoprotein B (APOB) gene and the -36delG polymorphism in the sterol regulatory element binding protein-1a (SREBP-1a) gene in 298 patients with non-diabetic angiographically assessed coronary artery disease (CAD), and 188 heal...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Rios DL,Vargas AF,Torres MR,Zago AJ,Callegari-Jacques SM,Hutz MH

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：:We aimed to study reproductive behaviour of couples opting for prenatal diagnosis (PND) and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for Huntington's disease (HD). In the Netherlands, exclusion PND is available for persons at 50% risk, whereas exclusion PGD is not allowed. All 162 couples who underwent PND or PGD for ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： van Rij MC,de Koning Gans PA,van Belzen MJ,Roos RA,Geraedts JP,De Rademaeker M,Bijlsma EK,de Die-Smulders CE

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sibship is reported of three generations of a Jordanian family of normal intelligence with a complex malformation of upper extremity, shoulder and thorax, which is combined with variously expressed congenital heart disease. The deformity consists of a flat glenoid fossa, a hypoplastic scapula, aplasia of the humerus...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Boehme DH,Shotar AO

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic MAGEL2 variants result in the phenotypes of Chitayat-Hall syndrome (CHS), Schaaf-Yang syndrome (SYS) and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). We present five patients with mutations in MAGEL2, including the first patient reported with a missense variant, adding to the limited literature. Further, we performed a sys...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Patak J,Gilfert J,Byler M,Neerukonda V,Thiffault I,Cross L,Amudhavalli S,Pacio-Miguez M,Palomares-Bralo M,Garcia-Minaur S,Santos-Simarro F,Powis Z,Alcaraz W,Tang S,Jurgens J,Barry B,England E,Engle E,Hess J,Lebel RR

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：: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：:Hearing loss is the most frequent sensorineural disorder affecting 1 in 1000 newborns. In more than half of these babies, the hearing loss is inherited. Hereditary hearing loss is a very heterogeneous trait with about 100 gene localizations and 44 gene identifications for non-syndromic hearing loss. Transmembrane chan...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hilgert N,Alasti F,Dieltjens N,Pawlik B,Wollnik B,Uyguner O,Delmaghani S,Weil D,Petit C,Danis E,Yang T,Pandelia E,Petersen MB,Goossens D,Favero JD,Sanati MH,Smith RJ,Van Camp G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family ascertained in the United States displays significant evidence of linkage to 17q25.3 (maximum two-point LOD score 6.32). The non-syndromic autosomal-dominant hearing-loss loci DFNA20 and DFNA26 map to this region. The 3-unit support interval and haplotype for this USA kindred falls within the interval for DFN...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： DeWan AT,Parrado AR,Leal SM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This quantitative study determines the values, beliefs, and attitudes influencing the intention of men to undergo or defer genetic testing for prostate cancer risk using a model based on components of the Theory of Reasoned Action and Health Belief Model. Telephone interviews of a community sample of 400 men in a larg...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Doukas DJ,Localio AR,Li Y

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the form of X-linked mental retardation with macro-orchidism and the form associated with a marker X chromosome (fragile site at Xq27 or 28) are the same entity. Although our data support this hypothesis, one family from the literature does not. Data are presented suggesting that actual meas...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Howard-Peebles PN,Stoddard GR

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein C3 (APOC3) mutations carriers typically display high plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low triglycerides (TGs). We set out to investigate the prevalence and clinical consequences of APOC3 mutations in individuals with hyperalphalipoproteinemia. Two novel mutations (c.-13-2A>G and c...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bochem AE,van Capelleveen JC,Dallinga-Thie GM,Schimmel AW,Motazacker MM,Tietjen I,Singaraja RR,Hayden MR,Kastelein JJ,Stroes ES,Hovingh GK

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:Basic knowledge of genetics is essential for understanding genetic testing and counseling. The lack of a written, English language, validated, published measure has limited our ability to evaluate genetic knowledge of patients and families. Here, we begin the psychometric analysis of a true/false genetic knowledge mea...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fitzgerald-Butt SM,Bodine A,Fry KM,Ash J,Zaidi AN,Garg V,Gerhardt CA,McBride KL

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-atherogenic effect of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) genetic variants associated with lowered enzyme activity is controversial. Moreover, in a few studies, this effect has been evaluated in the presence of a certain risk factor constellation. We addressed this issue in a case-control study, where 4...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Arca M,Montali A,Ombres D,Battiloro E,Campagna F,Ricci G,Verna R

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disorders caused by mutations in genes encoding subunits and accessory proteins of cohesin complex are collectively termed as cohesinopathies. The best known cohesinopathy is Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS), which is a multisystem developmental disorder characterized by facial dysmorphism, limb malformations, gr...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Baquero-Montoya C,Gil-Rodríguez MC,Teresa-Rodrigo ME,Hernández-Marcos M,Bueno-Lozano G,Bueno-Martínez I,Remeseiro S,Fernández-Hernández R,Bassecourt-Serra M,Rodríguez de Alba M,Queralt E,Losada A,Puisac B,Ramos FJ,Pié J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighty-one male and 48 female myocardial infarction (MI) survivors and 172 male and 194 female controls were studied with respect to a possible association between premature parental MI (before age 61 years in mothers and/or before age 56 years in fathers) and an insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism i...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bøhn M,Berge KE,Bakken A,Erikssen J,Berg K

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00