A case of a female infant with simultaneous occurrence of de novo terminal deletions on chromosome 14q and 20p.

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：:Plasma from 158 presumed healthy nuclear families has been analyzed by high-resolution, two-dimensional electrophoresis to study the frequency and effects of the genetic polymorphism in human apolipoprotein A-IV. Two common alleles, apo A-IV 1 and apo A-IV 2 were detected with relative frequencies of 0.943 and 0.057, ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Visvikis S,Steinmetz J,Boerwinkle E,Gueguen R,Galteau MM,Siest G

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on two families in which one or two children had a severe disorder of skeletal development detected by prenatal ultrasonography. The children died postnatally and showed typical radiological and biochemical findings of perinatal hypophosphatasia. Biochemical analysis revealed a low activity of alkaline phosp...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gehring B,Mornet E,Plath H,Hansmann M,Bartmann P,Brenner RE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides an overview of the current knowledge on medical complications, health characteristics, and psychosocial issues in adults with achondroplasia. We have used a scoping review methodology particularly recommended for mapping and summarizing existing research evidence, and to identify knowledge gaps. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fredwall SO,Maanum G,Johansen H,Snekkevik H,Savarirayan R,Lidal IB

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is the prototype of the cardiac ion channelopathies which cause syncope and sudden death. LQT1, due to mutations of KCNQ1 (KVLQT1), is the most common form. This study describes the genotype-phenotype characteristics in 10 families with mutations of KCNQ1, including 5 novel mutations. One hundr...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Chen S,Zhang L,Bryant RM,Vincent GM,Flippin M,Lee JC,Brown E,Zimmerman F,Rozich R,Szafranski P,Oberti C,Sterba R,Marangi D,Tchou PJ,Chung MK,Wang Q

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex: a genotypic and phenotypic analysis. A retrospective review of the clinical records and radiological images of 205 patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) was performed to evaluate the prevalence and progression of hepatic lesions; examine the association of...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Black ME,Hedgire SS,Camposano S,Paul E,Harisinghani M,Thiele EA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation of SLC26A4 is the most common cause of prelingual hearing loss in East Asia. Patients with SLC26A4 mutations have variable phenotypes ranging from non-syndromic hearing loss to Pendred syndrome. Here, we analyzed the correlation between genotype and various inner ear phenotypes and found a possible underlying...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Lee HJ,Jung J,Shin JW,Song MH,Kim SH,Lee JH,Lee KA,Shin S,Kim UK,Bok J,Lee KY,Choi JY,Park HJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Van der Woude syndrome (VWS) is an autosomal dominant disorder manifested in cleft lip and/or palate and lip pits. Isolated clefts of the lip and/or palate (ICLP) have both genotype and phenotype overlap with VWS. Subjects with ICLP have abnormalities in brain structure and function. Given the similarities between VWS...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Nopoulos P,Richman L,Andreasen NC,Murray JC,Schutte B

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the insulin receptor gene have been reported in cases of type A insulin resistance. We report herein two cases of type A insulin resistance, which involve some novel mutations. Case 1 is a heterozygote of the C253Y missense mutation and case 2 is a heterozygote of the Y864X nonsense mutation. In the C253Y...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Osawa H,Nishimiya T,Ochi M,Niiya T,Onuma H,Kitamuro F,Kaino Y,Kida K,Makino H

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:Two hundred and seventy-four patients with hemochromatosis and 1005 controls were HLA-typed, and HLA haplotypes were determined for 163 patients and 123 controls. The increased frequency of antigen A3 and haplotypes A3, B7 and A3, B14 in patients with hemochromatosis was confirmed. After correction for the space taken...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Le Mignon L,Simon M,Fauchet R,Edan G,Le Reun M,Brissot P,Genetet B,Bourel M

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytohaemagglutinin induces interferon-gamma synthesis in lymphocyte cultures from healthy individuals. We report two sibs with recurrent infections, selective IgA deficiency, and reduced blast transformation index under PHA-stimulation, without interferon-gamma response. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Tzoneva M,Ganev V,Galabov A,Georgieva K

更新日期：1988-06-01 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：:Growth retardation is a relatively consistent feature of Noonan syndrome but a standardized growth curve for height has never been calculated. Analysis of retrospective growth data on 112 patients with Noonan syndrome has permitted the establishment of preliminary reference growth standards for height for males and fe...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Witt DR,Keena BA,Hall JG,Allanson JE

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear growth failure can be caused by many different genetic abnormalities. In many cases, the genetic defect affects not only the growth plate, causing short stature but also other organs/tissues causing additional clinical abnormalities. A 10-year old boy was evaluated for impaired postnatal linear growth (height 1...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Jee YH,Sowada N,Markello TC,Rezvani I,Borck G,Baron J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For clinical genetic testing of cardiomyopathy (CMP), current guidelines do not address which gene panels to use: targeted panels specific to a CMP phenotype or expanded (panCMP) panels that include genes associated with multiple phenotypic subtypes. AIM:Our objective was to assess the clinical utility of t...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ouellette AC,Mathew J,Manickaraj AK,Manase G,Zahavich L,Wilson J,George K,Benson L,Bowdin S,Mital S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutis laxa (CL) syndromes comprise a rare group of multisystem disorders that share loose redundant skin folds as hallmark clinical feature. CL results from impaired elastic fiber assembly and homeostasis, and the known underlying gene defects affect different extracellular matrix proteins, intracellular trafficking, ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Beyens A,Boel A,Symoens S,Callewaert B

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family is reported in which Sanfilippo A syndrome affected three siblings: the proband and twin premature infants. The feasibility of intrauterine diagnosis of mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Type IIIA, was demonstrated by the excessive accumulation of 35SO4-mucopolysaccharides in fibroblasts cultured from amniotic flui...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Greenwood RS,Hillman RE,Alcala H,Sly WS

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report two families with myotonic dystrophy (DM) in which the asymptomatic parent proved to be in a pre-mutation state. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of the region spanning the CTG expansion demonstrated that one father of the proband possessed (CTG)n repeats of n = 12 and 44 copies and the other of...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Yamagata H,Kinoshita M,Komori T,Kondo I,Miki T

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deletions of 4.4 and 3.2 kb identified in exons 24 and 20, respectively, are two of the four most common mutations in the BRCA1 gene in Greek breast cancer patients. They have been reported previously six and three times, respectively, in unrelated Greek families. A total of 11 more families have been identified i...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Pertesi M,Konstantopoulou I,Yannoukakos D

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of the performance of 17-18-year-old high school students on standard intelligence tests confirms previous reports that nearsighted persons consistently achieve scores approximately eight I.O. points higher than non-myopes. Comparison of tests administered to the same students 10 years earlier suggests that...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Karlsson JL

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is classified into two types, the demyelinating (CMT1) and axonal forms (CMT2). CMT2 is further subdivided by linkage analysis into eight subgroups. Recently, mutations in the MFN2 gene, which encodes the mitochondrial GTPase mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) that regulates the mitochondrial network...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Cho HJ,Sung DH,Kim BJ,Ki CS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) and Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) are two congenital disorders with opposite outcomes on fetal growth, overgrowth and growth restriction, respectively. Although both disorders are heterogeneous, most cases of BWS and SRS are associated with opposite epigenetic or genetic abnormalities...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Jacob KJ,Robinson WP,Lefebvre L

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three siblings with a combination of sensorineural deafness and the Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome have been investigated in a consanguineous Indian kindred. This syndrome, which to the best of our knowledge has not previously been reported, is probably inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Cornell J,Sellars S,Beighton P

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutis laxa is characterised by redundant, inelastic skin with deep wrinkling and additional variable systemic involvement. Mutations in fibulin-4 (EFEMP2) and fibulin-5 (FBLN5) were described to be causative for autosomal recessive cutis laxa type 1 in a few families each. The female patient was born to healthy consan...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hoyer J,Kraus C,Hammersen G,Geppert JP,Rauch A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen VI-related myopathy, caused by pathogenic variants in the genes encoding collagen VI, represents a clinical continuum from Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD) to Bethlem myopathy (BM). Clinical data of 60 probands and their family members were collected and muscle biopsies of 26 patients were analyze...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Fan Y,Liu A,Wei C,Yang H,Chang X,Wang S,Yuan Y,Bonnemann C,Wu Q,Wu X,Xiong H

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:Mediastinal vascular rings cause tracheoesophageal obstruction, resulting in respiratory symptoms and dysphagia in children. Although a large number of children with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome have frequent respiratory infections and feeding difficulties, there has been no firmly established association between this sy...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Shashi V,Fryburg JS

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mild type of autosomal recessive, non-syndromic mental retardation (NSMR) is linked to loci on chromosome 3p. This report delimits the MRT2A minimal critical region to 4.2 Mb between loci D3S3630 and D3S1304. This interval contains nine genes (IL5RA, TRNT1, LRRN1, SETMAR, SUMF1, ITPR1, BHLHB2, EDEM, and MRPS36P1). T...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Higgins JJ,Pucilowska J,Lombardi RQ,Rooney JP

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family is presented with hyperexplexia, a rare autosomal dominant neurological disorder. Affected individuals manifest flexor hypertonia and hypokinesia during infancy. Later and throughout life, the condition is characterized by exaggerated involuntary myoclonic startle reactions, which on occasion result in fallin...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Morley DJ,Weaver DD,Garg BP,Markand O

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00