A and B postaxial polydactyly in two members of the same family.

abstract：:Steatocystoma Multiplex (S.M.) is an inherited condition characterized by the appearance of cysts during the first or second decade of life. Familial cases have occasionally been reported. We studied 13 patients affected by S.M. from two unrelated families, focusing our attention on HLA, Gm and Km genotypes and on chr...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Cuccia-Belvedere M,Brazzelli V,Martinetti M,Berardesca E,Dugoujon JM,De Paoli F,Borroni G,Rabbiosi G

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1984, we interviewed 105 Belgian families with a Cystic Fibrosis (CF) child in order to assess the impact of the birth of their CF-child on subsequent family planning and to evaluate their attitudes towards prenatal diagnosis. Three years later, in 1987, they received a mailed questionnaire for an updating of the r...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Evers-Kiebooms G,Denayer L,Van den Berghe H

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients are reported who presented with 4q deletion and r(4), respectively. Cytogenetic and FISH analysis defined the breakpoints respectively at bands 4q33-->q35 proximal to the telomere, and 4pter and 4q35.2 qter. Moreover in both cases rearranged chromosomes maintained telomeric sequences. The first patient sh...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Calabrese G,Giannotti A,Mingarelli R,Di Gilio MC,Piemontese MR,Palka G

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) has been shown to be as specific as alphafetoprotein (AFP) for the prenatal detection of open neural tube defects although AFP remains the method of choice. This paper describes a semi-automated technique for the analysis of acetylcholinesterase in amniotic fluid that: ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Elejalde BR,Peck G,de Elejalde MM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis was performed on 40 families at risk for an unbalanced rearrangement in the fetus because one of the parents is a reciprocal translocation carrier. The overall risk at second trimester prenatal diagnosis was 14% (8/57). The individual risk for unbalanced offspring at second trimester prenatal diagnoses and...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Barisić I,Zergollern L,Muzinić D,Hitrec V

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CDKL5 gene has been implicated in infantile spasms and more recently in a Rett syndrome-like phenotype. We report a case of a young girl presenting generalized convulsions at 10 days of life. Subsequent mutation analysis by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography of MECP2 and CDKL5 genes revealed heteroz...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Nectoux J,Heron D,Tallot M,Chelly J,Bienvenu T

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin is a peptide reported to be one of the most potent vasoconstrictors known. Presumably, endothelin could play a role in the physiological regulation of blood pressure in healthy or hypertensive people. We have studied a normal restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) at the endothelin-I (EDN1) locus d...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Berge KE,Berg K

更新日期：1992-02-01 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：: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 present a family with adult onset autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) in two generations, linked to the PKD1 locus and with paternal transmission to the fetus. The fetus carried the PKD1 haplotype and was, therefore a gene carrier. Progressive hyperechogenic renal enlargement, but no cysts, was doc...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Jeffery S,Saggar-Malik AK,Economides DL,Blackmore SE,MacDermot KD

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：:Reciprocal translocations were studied in two groups of balanced carrier couples: 202 had 210 translocation aneuploid between (LB) infants, and 95 couples had repetitive abortions (AB) without liveborn aneuploids. The observed translocation aneuploidies in the LB group were compared to predicted potential aneuploidies...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Davis JR,Rogers BB,Hagaman RM,Thies CA,Veomett IC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Genetic and environmental factors have been implicated in the etiology of atopy and of serum IgE levels. In order to eliminate post-natal environmental influences we measured IgE in cord blood (CB-IgE) from a cohort of unselected, like-sexed twins. IgE determination was performed with a sensitive radioimmunoassay with...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Husby S,Holm NV,Christensen K,Skov R,Morling N,Petersen PH

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital aniridia is due to deletions and point mutations in the PAX6 gene. We describe here a case of a mother and her two sons with a syndrome comprising congenital aniridia, ptosis, and slight mental retardation. The sons also show behavioral changes. The possibility of deletion around the PAX6 locus was excluded...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Malandrini A,Mari F,Palmeri S,Gambelli S,Berti G,Bruttini M,Bardelli AM,Williamson K,van Heyningen V,Renieri A

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oculoectodermal syndrome (OES) and encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis (ECCL) are rare disorders that share many common features, such as epibulbar dermoids, aplasia cutis congenita, pigmentary changes following Blaschko lines, bony tumor-like lesions, and others. About 20 cases with OES and more than 50 patients wit...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Boppudi S,Bögershausen N,Hove HB,Percin EF,Aslan D,Dvorsky R,Kayhan G,Li Y,Cursiefen C,Tantcheva-Poor I,Toft PB,Bartsch O,Lissewski C,Wieland I,Jakubiczka S,Wollnik B,Ahmadian MR,Heindl LM,Zenker M

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:Finding the genetic determinants of intermediate quantitative traits, such as serum creatinine and urea, might aid in finding the determinants of disease phenotypes, such as renal failure, that are, in part, defined according to threshold values imposed upon such traits. We evaluated the association between common var...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hegele RA,Harris SB,Hanley AJ,Zinman B

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylation is one of the major routes in metabolism and detoxification of a large number of drugs, chemicals and carcinogens. Slow acetylators are said to be more susceptible to developing bladder cancer and because of investigations about tumor risk based on phenotyping procedures, it was our aim to study the distri...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Schnakenberg E,Ehlers C,Feyerabend W,Werdin R,Hübotter R,Dreikorn K,Schloot W

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variable constitutional mosaicism, mos45,XY,-22/46,XY,-22,+mar/46,XY,-22,+r(22)/47,XY,-22,+r(22)+mar/ 47, XY,-22,+r(22)*2, was found in PHA-stimulated peripheral blood, in a lymphoblastoid cell line and in cultured skin fibroblasts from a mentally retarded patient with neurofibromatosis. Both the ring chromosome and t...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Tommerup N,Warburg M,Gieselmann V,Hansen BR,Koch J,Petersen GB

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic abortions were performed in two cases of spina bifida which were diagnosed by determination of the lafa fetoprotein levels in the amniotic fluid and maternal serum. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Malmqvist E,Lindsten J,Nøorgaard-Pedersen B,Hellström B,Sundberg B

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical Menkes disease is an X-linked recessive neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutations in ATP7A, which is located at Xq13.1-q21. ATP7A encodes a copper-transporting P-type ATPase and plays a critical role in development of the central nervous system. With rare exceptions involving sex chromosome aneuploidy o...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Desai V,Donsante A,Swoboda KJ,Martensen M,Thompson J,Kaler SG

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:46,XY gonadal dysgenesis was transmitted as an autosomal-dominant trait in a large family with multiple affected members. Expressivity of the trait was highly variable, ranging from pure to partial gonadal dysgenesis associated with normal female genitalia or sexual ambiguity, to mild hypospadias in otherwise normal m...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Jawaheer D,Juo SH,Le Caignec C,David A,Petit C,Gregersen P,Dowbak S,Damle A,McElreavey K,Ostrer H

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

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：:Genetic modifiers of liver disease in cystic fibrosis Bartlett et al. (2009) The Journal of the American Medical Association 302: 1076-1083. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： de Haan W

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-six percent of the at-risk persons and 74% of the partners in a large survey in Belgium have the intention of making use of predictive testing for Huntington's disease. One third of them, however, have expressed the intention of postponing the final decision for various reasons. The intention to be tested is not...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Evers-Kiebooms G,Swerts A,Cassiman JJ,Van den Berghe H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a multisystemic disease caused by the expansion of a CTG repeat, located in the 3'-untranslated region of the DMPK gene. The number of CTG repeats broadly correlates with the overall severity of the disease. However, correlations between CTG repeat number and presence/absence or severity of ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Marchini C,Lonigro R,Verriello L,Pellizzari L,Bergonzi P,Damante G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant hyperthermia (MH)-related mutations have been identified in the ryanodine receptor type 1 gene (RYR1) and in the dihydropyridine gene (CACNA1S), but about half of the patients do not have causative mutations in these genes. We wanted to study the contribution of other muscle genes to the RYR1 phenotypes. We ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Broman M,Kleinschnitz I,Bach JE,Rost S,Islander G,Müller CR

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncertainty is a challenging aspect of caring for children with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophies (DBMD). Although uncertainty is often perceived as a state to be avoided, hope may influence caregivers' perceptions of uncertainty as opportunity. The goal of this cross-sectional quantitative study was to pilot a nov...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bell M,Biesecker BB,Bodurtha J,Peay HL

更新日期：2019-06-01 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