Split foot and developmental retardation associated with a deletion of three microsatellite markers in 7q21.2-q22.1.

abstract：:Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by reduced activity of 7-dehydrocholesterol (7DHC) reductase, resulting in a decreased level of cholesterol and increased concentrations of 7DHC and 8DHC in body fluids and tissues. Ten pregnancies at 25% risk of SLOS underwent prenatal testin...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Jezela-Stanek A,Małunowicz EM,Ciara E,Popowska E,Goryluk-Kozakiewicz B,Spodar K,Czerwiecka M,Jezuita J,Nowaczyk MJ,Krajewska-Walasek M

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Sanfilippo syndrome type A (mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA; MPS IIIA) is caused by a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme haparan N-sulphatase (NS). The genomic DNA segments of the NS gene from two Chinese patients with MPS IIIA were amplified by polymerase chain reaction, followed by DNA sequencing to study the molecu...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Lee-Chen GJ,Lin SP,Ko MH,Chuang CK,Chen CP,Lee HH,Cheng SC,Shen CH,Tseng KL,Li CL

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Several genes involved in the familial appearance of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (FTAAD) have been characterized recently, one of which is SMAD3. Mutations of SMAD3 cause a new syndromic form of aortic aneurysms and dissections associated with skeletal abnormalities. We discovered a small interstitial de...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hilhorst-Hofstee Y,Scholte AJ,Rijlaarsdam ME,van Haeringen A,Kroft LJ,Reijnierse M,Ruivenkamp CA,Versteegh MI,Pals G,Breuning MH

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:A de novo supernumerary small marker chromosome 15 was observed in a female infant with mental and statomotoric retardation as well as minor facial dysmorphia. The marker chromosome was analyzed by ten different staining techniques and 5-azacytidine treatment of lymphocyte cultures. It is shown that the supernumerary ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Schmid M,Schindler D,Haaf T

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women who carry fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1)gene premutation expansions frequently report neurological or endocrine symptoms and prior studies have predominantly focused on questionnaire report of medical issues. Premutation carrier (PMC) women (n = 33) and non-carrier controls (n = 13) were recruited and eva...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hall D,Todorova-Koteva K,Pandya S,Bernard B,Ouyang B,Walsh M,Pounardjian T,Deburghraeve C,Zhou L,Losh M,Leehey M,Berry-Kravis E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female child is described with multiple anomalies including epicanthus, frontal bossing, short sternum, polydactyly, cleft of the larynx, renal cysts, and unusual dermatoglyphics. She died aged 3 months and was found to have a unique de novo deletion of chromosome No. 4 (q22-q25). This case is compared with other lo...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Butler LJ,Palmer AV,Spencer T,Tabios-Broadway R,Wall WJ

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytogenetic analysis of an infant with multiple congenital anomalies revealed a small deletion of the long arm of one No. 11 chromosome: 46,XX,del(11)(q23). The main clinical manifestations included: ocular colobomata, absent philtrum, severe congenital heart disease, contractures of the large joints and skin pigm...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kaffe S,Hsu LY,Sachdev RK,Philips J,Hirschhorn K

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of mesomelic dwarfism in two male siblings and their father is presented. The responsible mutant gene manifests itself phenotypically as a severe dysostosis of the tibia with shortening, bowing and pseudarthrosis and as a mild dysostosis of the radius. The fibulae and ulnae are secondarily affected, but the...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Leroy JG,De Vos J,Timmermans J

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the involvement of the peripheral autonomic nervous system in the pathogenesis of type 1 familial amyloid polyneuropathy, the urinary excretion rates of catecholamines and serum dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DB/) activity were examined in 22 patients at various clinical stages. Changes in both indice...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Suzuki T,Tsuge I,Higa S,Hayashi A,Yamamura Y,Takaba Y,Nakajima A

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

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：:An abnormality of chromosome 16 in which there is extra genetic material present on the short arm (46,XY, 16p+) has been identified. This chromosomal aberration was associated with multiple congenital anomalies, including mid-facial hypoplasia, arthrogryposis, and mental retardation. On the basis of the cytogenetic ap...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Golden NL,Bilenker R,Johnson WE,Tischfield JA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a patient with the Tricho-Rhino-Phalangeal syndrome (TRPS) with normal mentation, without exostoses and with a partial microdeletion of 8q23. Although she had the phenotypic characteristics of TRPS Type I, karyotypic analysis demonstrated the 8q-microdeletion usually associated with TRPS Type II, in which...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Goldblatt J,Smart RD

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dysmorphic child was found by cytogenetic analysis to have an extra small marker chromosome. The marker chromosome was shown to possess a chromosome 18 centromere by in situ hybridization, and probably represents an isochromosome 18p. Centromere specific probes should be of value in identifying extra small marker ch...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Blennow E,Nielsen KB

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：:Mitochondria are the largest generator of ATP in the cell. It is therefore expected that energy-requiring processes such as oocyte maturation, early embryonic or fetal development, would be adversely impacted in case of mitochondrial deficiency. Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations constitute a spontaneous model ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Steffann J,Monnot S,Bonnefont JP

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent in situ hybridization with probes specific for a chromosomal subregion and chromosome-specific libraries (chromosome painting) are important new methods for assessing chromosome rearrangements. In this paper we present four patients with additional chromosomal material on chromosome 8p who have been studie...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Engelen JJ,de Die-Smulders CE,Fryns JP,Hoovers JM,Albrechts JC,Loots WJ,Jacobs ME,Hamers AJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of 15 surface measurements taken directly from the craniofacial region were determined in 51 patients with Waardenburg syndrome type I (WSI). A roentgencephamometric analysis including 20 linear dimensions was also performed by the use of cephalograms of 28 patients. Pairs between patients and controls of the sa...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： da-Silva EO,Batista JE,Medeiros MA,Fonteles SM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In whole-exome sequencing (WES), target capture methods are used to enrich the sequences of the coding regions of genes from fragmented total genomic DNA, followed by massively parallel, 'next-generation' sequencing of the captured fragments. Since its introduction in 2009, WES has been successfully used in several di...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Robinson PN,Krawitz P,Mundlos S

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical descriptions of individuals with partial deletion of the distal short arm of chromosome three have been reported rarely. A characteristic phenotype has been proposed. We present another patient with this cytogenetic abnormality whose physical and developmental features show similarities with, as well as diffe...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Witt DR,Biedermann B,Hall JG

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to determine the impact of parental consanguinity on congenital malformations in a mixed urban and rural Arab community in Jerusalem, Israel. Arab mothers admitted to four hospitals in west Jerusalem were interviewed after delivery. Demographic and obstetric data were recorded. Neonatal data w...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bromiker R,Glam-Baruch M,Gofin R,Hammerman C,Amitai Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:The acrocephalosyndactylies (ACS) are a group of inherited disorders characterized by premature fusion of cranial sutures in association with abnormalities of the hands and feet. Based on their clinical features, different types of ACS have been described. We here report on a family with 9 individuals affected with AC...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Niemann-Seyde SC,Eber SW,Zoll B

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the clinical, laboratory, and genetic spectra in Korean patients with dysferlinopathy to clarify its genotype-phenotype correlation. We retrospectively reviewed 101 patients from 96 unrelated families with pathogenic variants of DYSF. The most common initial phenotype was Miyoshi myopathy in 50 patient...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Park HJ,Hong YB,Hong JM,Yun UK,Kim SW,Shin HY,Kim SM,Choi YC

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on current consensus guidelines and standard practice, many genetic variants detected in clinical testing are classified as disease causing based on their predicted impact on the normal expression or function of the gene in the absence of additional data. However, our laboratory has identified a subset of such v...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Rosenthal ET,Bowles KR,Pruss D,van Kan A,Vail PJ,McElroy H,Wenstrup RJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of rare fragile sites was studied among 240 children in special schools for subnormal intelligence (IQ 52-85). 1/130 boys studied (0.8%) had the fragile site at Xq27.3 while it was not found in any girl (0/110). In two children an autosomal rare fragile site at 2q11.2 (2/240, 0.8%) was seen. In addition ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kähkönen M,Leisti J,Thoden CJ,Autio S

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00