Psychoses in twins - a longitudinal study. Introductory clinical report.

abstract：:Thyroid function has been studied in 121 patients between 13 and 48 years old with proven Down syndrome. Chemically, hypothyroidism was found in 17% and hyperthyroidism in 2.5% of the patients; 18% of patients had goiter. Thyroid antibodies were detected in 33% of subjects studied. The abnormal findings were almost eq...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sare Z,Ruvalcaba RH,Kelley VC

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended genealogical studies stretching back to the 17th century were performed concerning the heredity patterns of vitreous involvement in Swedish patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP). FAP is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder, characterized by extracellular deposition of amyloid and a clini...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Sandgren O,Drugge U,Holmgren G,Sousa A

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of variation within the genes coding for three glucose transporter proteins in the aetiology of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus was assessed by analysing restriction fragment length polymorphisms in an English Caucasian population. Two polymorphisms at the HepG2/erythrocyte glucose transporter...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Oelbaum RS

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ophthalmology has been an early adopter of personalized medicine. Drawing on genomic advances to improve molecular diagnosis, such as next-generation sequencing, and basic and translational research to develop novel therapies, application of genetic technologies in ophthalmology now heralds development of gene replace...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Porter LF,Black GC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A four generation family with postaxial polydactyly of hands and feet and dental anomalies is reported. Lower and upper incisors were abnormal in shape and number. Additional findings were prominent ear anthelices, hypoplastic and dysplastic nails and mild shortness of stature. Inheritance was dominant with variable e...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Roubicek M,Spranger J

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old woman who complained of irregular menstruation was diagnosed as suffering from trisomy 18 mosaicism. She was karyotyped because of her characteristic face, mild mental retardation and aberrant hyperpigmentation of the skin. Her motor function was within normal range. Physical and laboratory examinations,...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Uehara S,Obara Y,Obara T,Funato T,Yaegashi N,Fukaya T,Yajima A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated cleft palate (CP) is considered to be a heterogeneous trait with an important genetic contribution to the etiology. Multifactorial-threshold models of non-syndromic CP inheritance assume a female predominance. The present study of 52 Danish birth cohorts, using several ascertainment sources, identified 2301 C...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Christensen K,Fogh-Andersen P

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Array-comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) is a widely used technique to detect copy number variants (CNVs) associated with developmental delay/intellectual disability (DD/ID). AIMS:Identification of genomic disorders in DD/ID. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We performed a comprehensive array-CGH investiga...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Di Gregorio E,Riberi E,Belligni EF,Biamino E,Spielmann M,Ala U,Calcia A,Bagnasco I,Carli D,Gai G,Giordano M,Guala A,Keller R,Mandrile G,Arduino C,Maffè A,Naretto VG,Sirchia F,Sorasio L,Ungari S,Zonta A,Zacchetti

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Troyer syndrome was found by Cross & McKusick (1967) in 20 members of 12 Old Order Amish families in Holmes County, Ohio; it is a form of hereditary spastic paraplegia combined with distal muscle wasting, i.e. signs of involvement of lower motor neurons. The condition usually begins at 1 to 2 years and progresses ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Neuhäuser G,Wiffler C,Opitz JM

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome (OMIM #612001) is characterized by a wide range of phenotypic features, including intellectual disability, seizures, autism, and psychiatric conditions. This deletion is inherited in approximately 75% of cases and has been found in mildly affected and normal parents, consistent with ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hoppman-Chaney N,Wain K,Seger PR,Superneau DW,Hodge JC

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Usher syndrome has been historically categorized into one of three classical types based on the patient phenotype. However, the vestibular phenotype does not infallibly predict which Usher genes are mutated. Conversely, the Usher syndrome genotype is not sufficient to reliably predict vestibular function. Here we pres...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Wafa TT,Faridi R,King KA,Zalewski C,Yousaf R,Schultz JM,Morell RJ,Muskett J,Turriff A,Tsilou E,Griffith AJ,Friedman TB,Zein WM,Brewer CC

更新日期：2021-02-01 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

abstract：:Single cells were sorted from cultured fibroblasts of five carriers of Fabry's disease using a cell sorter (FACS II). The alpha-galactosidase A activity in the single fibroblasts was assayed in nanoliter droplets with the help of quantitative microfluorimetric techniques. Two populations of fibroblasts were present in...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Jongkind JF,Verkerk A,Niermeijer MF

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Usher syndrome type III is an autosomal recessive disorder clinically characterized by the association of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), variable presence of vestibular dysfunction and progressive hearing loss, being the progression of the hearing impairment the critical parameter classically used to distinguish this form...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Aller E,Jaijo T,Oltra S,Alió J,Galán F,Nájera C,Beneyto M,Millán JM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single mandibular incisor and an unusually narrow mandible and tongue were noted in an 8-year-old moderately retarded boy with 18p- (45, XY, der dic (18) (18qter-p11.2::22p 11.2-qter). While a single maxillary incisor, considered a minor feature of holoprosencephaly, was reported in three cases of 18p-, reduction of...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Pfeiffer RA,Hertrich K,Cohen M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carriers for chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) and patients with lupus erythematosus (LE) share several characteristics: They are mostly females, they reduce nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) poorly in their neutrophils, and, in some cases, they have similar skin lesions. We thus investigated 19 female LE patients for the...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Humbert JR,Fishman CB,Weston WL,DeArmey PA,Thoren CH

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While there is widespread agreement on the broad aspects of what constitutes a biobank, there is much disagreement regarding the precise definition. This research aimed to describe and analyze the definitions of the term biobank offered by various stakeholders in biobanking. Interviews were conducted with 36 biobankin...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Shaw DM,Elger BS,Colledge F

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:We report studies on two patients (a mother and her daughter) presenting with a Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1 (CMT1) phenotype: low nerve conduction velocities of 13-15 m/s and an early onset at the age of walking. DNA analysis of the gene coding for the major peripheral myelin protein PO showed a new point mutation in e...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Blanquet-Grossard F,Pham-Dinh D,Dautigny A,Latour P,Bonnebouche C,Corbillon E,Chazot G,Vandenberghe A

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Second trimester amniotic fluid samples obtained transabdominally for genetic analysis not infrequently are contaminated with blood. There has been disagreement as to whether blood contamination interferes with the efficiency of culture of amniotic fluid cells for genetic diagnosis. A procedure using ammonium chloride...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Felix JS,Doherty RA

更新日期：1979-03-01 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：:Genetic studies as well as in situ hybridisation data have strongly demonstrated that the genes coding for apoprotein(a) and plasminogen are linked and localised to chromosome 6 at band 6q26-27. We describe in this report the presence of a recombination event in a region of approximately 50 kb of DNA separating the tw...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Magnaghi P,Agazzi A,Semino O,Ferrari M,Barbui T,D'Angelo A,Taramelli R

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A girl in whom a ring chromosome 13 was found, presented with microcephaly, mental retardation and multiple minor malformations. She was born after a full term pregnancy, small for date and with a small head circumference. She underwent craniotomy at the age of 18 months because of premature closure of the metopic sut...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fried K,Rosenblatt M,Mundel G,Krikler R

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family with three children with Waardenburg syndrome born to normal, unrelated parents is reported. This appears to be the first report suggesting germ-line mosaicism in Waardenburg syndrome. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kapur S,Karam S

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectodermal dysplasias are a group of genetic disorders defined by ectodermal derivative impairment (EDI). To test the impact of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway in the genetic screening of EDI, we performed a molecular gene study of WNT10A in 60 subjects from a population of 133 young Italian patients referred for the imp...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Guazzarotti L,Tadini G,Mancini GE,Sani I,Pisanelli S,Galderisi F,D'Auria E,Secondi R,Bottero A,Zuccotti GV

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a 46,XY phenotypic female infant with absent uterus, probable agonadism, and bilateral upper amelia. The constellation of anomalies is similar to that of the patient described by Temoçin et al. (Acta Paediatr Jpn 1997: 39: 631-633), and may suggest a developmental link between genital region and ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ohro Y,Suzuki Y,Tsutsumi Y,Ogata T

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS) is a rare X-linked semidominant syndrome characterized by severe psychomotor retardation, facial dysmorphism, digit abnormalities and progressive skeletal deformations. CLS is caused by mutations in a gene located in Xp22.2, RPS6KA3. This gene encodes for a growth factor-regulated serin...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Delaunoy JP,Dubos A,Marques Pereira P,Hanauer A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is considered as a rare disease in black Africans. In fact, this disease is likely to be underestimated since clinical features consistent with CF diagnosis are often ascribed to environmental factors such as malnutrition. Very little is known about CFTR mutations in affected patients from Central...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Feuillet-Fieux MN,Ferrec M,Gigarel N,Thuillier L,Sermet I,Steffann J,Lenoir G,Bonnefont JP

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus occurs in growth-retarded infants, has an incidence of 1 in 400000 live births and has been associated with both paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 6 and paternal duplications of 6q. We analysed samples from our cohort of patients with transient neonatal diabetes mellitus fo...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gardner RJ,Robinson DO,Lamont L,Shield JP,Temple IK

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00