Del (X)(p21.2) in a mother and two daughters with variable ovarian function.

abstract：:We have conducted a study to assess the opinions of parents of individuals with mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) and adults with MPS regarding newborn screening (NBS) for this condition, as testing is now technically possible. A questionnaire including a number of hypothetical clinical scenarios about NBS for MPS was distr...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Hayes IM,Collins V,Sahhar M,Wraith JE,Delatycki MB

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutis laxa is described in three cases: a 17-year-old man, his mother and his maternal grandmother. The onset of skin symptoms occurred from puberty to early adulthood. The skin was loose-hanging, wrinkled and without elasticity. X-ray examination showed numerous gastrointestinal diverticulae in the two older patients...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Damkier A,Brandrup F,Starklint H

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the fifth day after subcultivation,, fibroblasts of two unrelated patients with adrenoleukodystrophy (Siemerling-Creutzfeldt disease (SCD)) developed typical morphologic anomalies which could be seen by light microscopy. From skin biopsy material of an obligatorily heterozygous womam, both normal and morphologicall...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Ropers HH,Zimmermann J,Wienker T

更新日期：1977-02-01 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：:Most but not all epidemiologic studies have shown that lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Lp(a) levels are also strongly genetically influenced. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between Lp(a) levels in adult offspring and parental CVD mortality in 61 kind...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kim H,Marcovina SM,Edwards KL,McKnight B,Bradley CM,McNeely MJ,Psaty BM,Motulsky AG,Austin MA

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noonan syndrome (NS) is a congenital abnormality that affects multiple parts of the body. Approximately 50% of cases are caused by mutations in the PTPN11 gene. NS shares many clinical features with a group of developmental disorders including Costello syndrome and cardio-facio-cutaneous (CFC) syndrome. Recently, KRAS...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Lee ST,Ki CS,Lee HJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of Huntington's Chorea in South Wales has shown a prevalence of 7.61 per 100,000 in the counties of Gwent and Glamorgan, with a total population of 1.7 million. Heterozygote frequency is close to 1 in 5,000. Total ascertainment within this area has been attempted, and experience since conclusion of the study h...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Walker DA,Harper PS,Wells CE,Tyler A,Davies K,Newcombe RG

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three overlapping conditions, namely Rothmund-Thomson (RTS), Baller-Gerold (BGS) and RAPADILINO syndromes, have been attributed to RECQL4 mutations. Differential diagnoses depend on the clinical presentation, but the numbers of known genes remain low, leading to the widespread prescription of RECQL4 sequencing. The ai...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Piard J,Aral B,Vabres P,Holder-Espinasse M,Mégarbané A,Gauthier S,Capra V,Pierquin G,Callier P,Baumann C,Pasquier L,Baujat G,Martorell L,Rodriguez A,Brady AF,Boralevi F,González-Enseñat MA,Rio M,Bodemer C,Philip N,

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the use of more stringent diagnostic criteria, it has recently been shown that some large pedigrees of Alport's and non-Alport's hereditary nephritis fit sex-linked dominant inheritance (O'Neill et al. 1978). We have used similar diagnostic criteria and have studied a number of Michigan pedigrees in order to see ...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Evans SH,Erickson RP,Kelsch R,Peirce JC

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental retardation affects 1-3% of the general population, and the genetic causes in many cases are unknown. Cytogenetically undetected chromosomal imbalances have been indicated as an explanation. Nowadays, due to the development of molecular cytogenetic techniques, it is possible to identify cryptic rearrangements i...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Rodriguez-Revenga L,Badenas C,Sánchez A,Mallolas J,Carrió A,Pedrinaci S,Barrionuevo JL,Milà M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor activity, measured as 125I-LDL association and degradation at 37 degrees C, was determined in cultured fibroblasts from involved as well as uninvolved skin obtained from 20 psoriasis patients. The same analyses were conducted in fibroblasts from two reference groups consisting of...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Leren TP,Maartmann-Moe K,Thune P,Berg K

更新日期：1984-03-01 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：:Rett syndrome (RTT) is an X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene, with apparent lethality in male embryos. However, recent studies indicate that mutations in the MECP2 gene can cause congenital encephalopathy, an Angelman-like phenotype and even nonspecific mental retardation in mal...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Kleefstra T,Yntema HG,Oudakker AR,Romein T,Sistermans E,Nillessen W,van Bokhoven H,de Vries BB,Hamel BC

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the C677T polymorphism in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, traditionally associated with ischaemic heart disease (IHD), was assessed in a Spanish population. The transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) was used to determine a possible association in a sample of 101 trios of IHD patien...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： González-Pérez E,Via M,López-Alomar A,Esteban E,Valveny N,Bao M,Domingo E,Moral P

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:Two unrelated patients, aged 19 and 6 years, were studied and diagnosed as having Myhre syndrome (MS). This review, together with three previous cases, permits further delineation of MS. The main features are: short stature, mental retardation, blepharophimosis, muscular hypertrophy, decreased joint mobility, thick ca...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： García-Cruz D,Figuera LE,Feria-Velazco A,Sánchez-Corona J,García-Cruz MO,Ramírez-Duenãs RM,Hernandez-Córdova A,Ruiz MX,Bitar-Alatorre WE,Ramírez-Dueñas ML

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From a large cohort of hyperlipidemic patients, who attended the Lipid Research Clinic in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and in Vancouver, Canada, 915 consecutive patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) of Dutch descent, were selected. This group of FH patients was screened for the presence of a cytosine to thymi...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Defesche JC,van de Ree MA,Kastelein JJ,van Diermen DE,Janssens NW,van Doormaal JJ,Hayden MR

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Halperin et al. (Halperin JM. Newcorn JH, Koda VH, Pick L, McKay KE, Knott P. Noradrenergic mechanisms in ADHD children with and without reading disabilities: a replication and extension. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1997: 36: 1688 1696) reported a significant increase in plasma norepinephrine (NE) in attention-...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Comings DE,Gade-Andavolu R,Gonzalez N,Blake H,Wu S,MacMurray JP

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a ciliopathy characterized by retinitis pigmentosa, obesity, polydactyly, cognitive impairment and renal failure. Pathogenic variants in 24 genes account for the molecular basis of >80% of cases. Toward saturated discovery of the mutational basis of the disorder, we carefully explored ou...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Delvallée C,Nicaise S,Antin M,Leuvrey AS,Nourisson E,Leitch CC,Kellaris G,Stoetzel C,Geoffroy V,Scheidecker S,Keren B,Depienne C,Klar J,Dahl N,Deleuze JF,Génin E,Redon R,Demurger F,Devriendt K,Mathieu-Dramard M,Po

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large variety of mutations within the genes encoding hepcidin (HAMP) and hemojuvelin (HJV) have been identified in patients with the severe iron overload disorder juvenile hemochromatosis (JH). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the molecular background of JH in patients from central parts of Europe. Seque...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Gehrke SG,Pietrangelo A,Kascák M,Braner A,Eisold M,Kulaksiz H,Herrmann T,Hebling U,Bents K,Gugler R,Stremmel W

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The von Hippel Lindau (VHL) syndrome is an inherited multi-tumour disorder characterised by clinical heterogeneity and high penetrance. The VHL gene has been shown to be a tumour-suppressor gene. A carrier of a germline mutation will be predisposed to a high variety of benign and malign tumours affecting different org...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Brieger J,Weidt EJ,Gansen K,Decker HJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently characterized the transcriptome of the omental adipose tissue of non-diabetic, obese men with and without the metabolic syndrome (MS). The cysteine-rich protein 61 (CYR61) is one of the most differentially expressed genes between the groups and has been selected for a detailed molecular investigation....

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Bouchard L,Tchernof A,Deshaies Y,Lebel S,Hould FS,Marceau P,Vohl MC

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a family with recurrent 11q23-qter deletion Jacobsen syndrome in two affected brothers, with unique mosaic deletion 'rescue' through development of uniparental disomy (UPD) in the mother and one of the brothers. Inheritance studies show that the deleted chromosome is of maternal origin in both boys, and mi...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Johnson JP,Haag M,Beischel L,McCann C,Phillips S,Tunby M,Hansen J,Schwanke C,Reynolds JF

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, a case with corpus callosum dysgenesis, infantile spasm, microcephaly, psychomotor retardation, exophthalmos, cleft lip-palate and abnormal EEG findings is presented. His parents are first-degree relatives. We could not fully match the findings of our patient with the criteria of any syndrome published...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Tütüncüoglu S,Ozkinay F,Genel F,Uran N,Ozgür T

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a child with partial trisomy of the short arm of chromosome 17, which was characterized by 24-color spectral karyotyping (SKY) and other fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) methods. The child had phenotypic features previously associated with trisomy 17p, including facial characteristics, d...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Morelli SH,Deubler DA,Brothman LJ,Carey JC,Brothman AR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the mutations of Southern Chinese with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DMD, BMD), we analysed 28 DMD and BMD patients in 24 unrelated families for intragenic deletions and duplications by using cDNA probes covering the entire 14 kb of the dystrophin gene. Deletions were detected in nine unrelate...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Lau YL,Srivastava G,Wong V,Liu YT,Ho FC,Yeung CY

更新日期：1992-05-01 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：: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：:Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a familial cardiomyopathy featured by fibrofatty replacement of cardiomyocytes. Responsible genetic factors are not discernible in approximately one-third of ACM probands. To investigate this further, we performed whole genome sequencing in 14 mutation-negative ACM probands who u...

journal_title：Clinical genetics

authors： Rao M,Guo G,Li M,Chen S,Chen K,Chen X,Song J,Hu S

更新日期：2019-12-01 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