解剖学和形态学
麻醉学
听力与言语-语言病理学
行为科学
心脏和心血管系统
细胞和组织工程学
临床神经病学
危重症监护医学
牙科,口腔外科和医学
皮肤病学
急诊医学
内分泌学和新陈代谢
肠胃学和肝脏学
老人病学和老年医学
卫生保健科学和服务
血液学
免疫学
传染病
综合和补充性医学
医学伦理学
医学信息学
医学实验室技术
医学,全科和内科
医学,法律
医学,研究和试验
神经系统科学
护理
营养学和饮食学
产科医学和妇科医学
肿瘤学
眼科学
整形外科学
耳鼻喉科学
病理学
儿科学
周围血管疾病
药理学和药剂学
生理学
基本医疗保健
精神病学
公共、环境和职业卫生
放射学,核医学和医学成像
康复学
生殖生物学
呼吸系统
风湿病学
运动科学
外科学
毒理学
热带医学
泌尿学和肾脏学
病毒学
老年医学
健康政策和服务
心理学,临床
abstract:BACKGROUND:Succinate-CoA ligase deficiency is responsible for encephalomyopathy with mitochondrial DNA depletion and mild methylmalonic aciduria. Mutations in SUCLA2, the gene encoding a β subunit of succinate-CoA ligase, have been reported in 17 patients until now. Mutations in SUCLG1, encoding the α subunit of the en...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.073445
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The use of genome wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays for high resolution molecular cytogenetic analysis using a combination of quantitative and genotype analysis is well established. This study demonstrates that by Mendelian analysis of the SNP genotypes of the parents and a sibling or other appropriate ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.069971
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Cohen syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive inherited disorder that results from mutations of the VPS13B gene. Clinical features consist of a combination of mental retardation, facial dysmorphism, postnatal microcephaly, truncal obesity, slender extremities, joint hyperextensibility, myopia, progressive cho...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.075028
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Limb development is a complex process requiring proper spatio-temporal expression of a network of limb specific morphogens. Grem1 and Fmn1 play an important role in mouse and chick limb development. The mouse limb deformity (ld) phenotype with digit reduction, syndactyly, radio-ulnar synostosis, variable ren...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.073833
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Bardet-Biedl syndrome is a pleiotropic disorder with 14 BBS genes identified. BBS1, BBS2, BBS4, BBS5, BBS7, BBS8, and BBS9 form a complex called the BBSome, which is believed to recruit Rab8(GTP) to the primary cilium and promote ciliogenesis. The second group, the chaperonin-like proteins BBS6, BBS10, and B...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.073205
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::BACKGROUND Mutations in SCN1A can cause genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+, inherited missense mutations) or Dravet syndrome (DS, de novo mutations of all types). Although the mutational spectra are distinct, these disorders share major features and 10% of DS patients have an inherited SCN1A mutation. ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.074328
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is caused by del(17)(p11.2), including the retinoic acid induced 1 gene (RAI1), or mutation of RAI1. Haploinsufficiency of RAI1 results in developmental delay, mental retardation, sleep disturbance, self-abusive behaviors, and most features commonly seen in SMS. In this study, 52...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.068072
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHDS) is an inherited autosomal genodermatosis characterised by fibrofolliculomas of the skin, renal tumours and multiple lung cysts. Genetic studies have disclosed that the clinical picture as well as responsible germline FLCN mutations are diverse. OBJECTIVES:BHDS may be caused by...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.070565
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Congenital chromosome abnormalities are relatively common in our species and among structural abnormalities the most common class is balanced reciprocal translocations. Determining the parental origin of de novo balanced translocations may provide insights into how and when they arise. While there is a gener...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.069716
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Having identified teratogenic factors, primary prevention of congenital defects is possible by the implementation of specific measures in pregnant women or those planning pregnancy. Our current understanding of the epigenetic processes acting during reproductive events raises new possibilities to prevent both heritabl...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.070466
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Over the last few years, array-comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH) has considerably improved our ability to detect cryptic unbalanced rearrangements in patients with syndromic mental retardation. METHOD:Molecular karyotyping of six patients with syndromic mental retardation was carried out using whole-g...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.069732
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To identify genetic causes of COACH syndrome BACKGROUND:COACH syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised by Cerebellar vermis hypoplasia, Oligophrenia (developmental delay/mental retardation), Ataxia, Coloboma, and Hepatic fibrosis. The vermis hypoplasia falls in a spectrum of mid-hindbrai...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.067249
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Selection for genetic testing of BRCA1/BRCA2 is an important area of healthcare. Although testing costs for mutational analysis are falling, costs in North America remain in excess of US$3000 (UK price can be 690 pounds). Guidelines in most countries use a 10-20% threshold of detecting a mutation in BRCA1/2 ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.067850
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Several different missense mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel subunit gene SCN1A have been identified in epileptic patients with benign phenotype and patients with severe phenotype. However, the reason why similar missense mutations in SCN1A result in different phenotypes has not yet been fully cl...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.060897
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The use of array comparative genome hybridisation (CGH) analyses for investigation of children with mental retardation has led to the identification of a growing number of new microdeletion and microduplication syndromes, some of which have become clinically well characterised and some that await further del...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.065094
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fragile X syndrome, the main cause of inherited mental retardation, is caused by transcriptional silencing of the fragile X mental retardation gene, FMR1. Absence of the associated protein FMRP leads to the dysregulation of many genes creating a phenotype of ADHD, anxiety, epilepsy and autism. The core aim of this rev...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.064667
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Deletions of chromosome 19 have rarely been reported, with the exception of some patients with deletion 19q13.2 and Blackfan-Diamond syndrome due to haploinsufficiency of the RPS19 gene. Such a paucity of patients might be due to the difficulty in detecting a small rearrangement on this chromosome that lacks...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.062034
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Schneckenbecken dysplasia (SBD) is an autosomal recessive lethal skeletal dysplasia that is classified into the severe spondylodysplastic dysplasias (SSDD) group in the international nosology for skeletal dysplasias. The radiological hallmark of SBD is the snail-like configuration of the hypoplastic iliac bo...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.065201
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a prominent finding in the setting of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). OBJECTIVE:The present study was designed to compare cystic lung changes consistent with LAM in patients with a TSC1 disease-causing mutation, TSC2 disease-causing mutation, or no mutation identified (NM...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.065342
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Biallelic germline mutations in the mismatch repair genes MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2 cause a recessive childhood cancer syndrome characterised by early-onset malignancies and signs reminiscent of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Alluding to the underlying genetic defect, we refer to this syndrome as constitutio...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.064212
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is a multisystem disease with a prevalence of 1/4000. Variable expression of congenital and later onset features contributes to its under-recognition. Longevity in those surviving childhood is believed to be normal but data are limited. METHODS:We prospectively followed...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.063800
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Segmental duplications at breakpoints (BP4-BP5) of chromosome 15q13.2q13.3 mediate a recurrent genomic imbalance syndrome associated with mental retardation, epilepsy, and/or electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormalities. PATIENTS:DNA samples from 1445 unrelated patients submitted consecutively for clinical arra...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.059907
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recessive forms of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) may be caused by mutations in LEPRE1, encoding prolyl 3-hydroxylase-1 (P3H1) or in CRTAP, encoding cartilage associated protein. These proteins constitute together with cyclophilin B (CyPB) the prolyl 3-hydroxylation complex that hydroxylates the Pro986 residue...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.062729
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS AND BACKGROUND:Mutations in the TARDBP gene, which encodes the TAR DNA binding protein (TDP-43), have been described in individuals with familial and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We screened the TARDBP gene in 285 French sporadic ALS patients to assess the frequency of TARDBP mutations in ALS. RE...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.062463
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Autism spectrum disorders represent a group of developmental disorders with strong genetic underpinnings. Several cytogenetic abnormalities or de novo mutations able to cause autism have recently been uncovered. In this study, the literature was reviewed to highlight genotype-phenotype correlations between causal gene...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.060871
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Heart-hand syndromes are a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders characterised by the association of congenital cardiac disease and limb deformities. Laminopathies are a group of diseases caused by mutations in the LMNA gene encoding A-type lamins. RESULTS:We report a new LMNA mutation (c.1609-12T>G, IVS...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.060020
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::In order to identify a gene(s) susceptible to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), we conducted a genome-wide association (GWA) study by genotyping 159 patients with IPF and 934 controls for 214 508 tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We further evaluated selected SNPs in a replication sample set (83 cases and...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.057356
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Homozygous deletions/mutations of the SMN1 gene cause infantile spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The presence of at least one SMN2 gene copy is required for normal embryogenesis. Lack of SMN protein results in degeneration of motor neurons, while extraneuronal manifestations have been regarded as a chance assoc...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.057950
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) can occur due to deletions or mutations in the DAX 1 (NR0B1) gene on the X chromosome (OMIM 300200). This form of AHC is therefore predominantly seen in boys. Deletion of the DAX 1 gene can also be part of a larger contiguous deletion including the centromeric dystrophin and glycerol...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.055129
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:X-linked ichthyosis (XLI) (steroid sulfatase deficiency) is caused by deletions or point mutations of the steroid sulfatase (STS) gene on chromosome Xp22.32. Deletions of this region can be associated with cognitive behavioural difficulties including autism. Animal work suggests the STS gene may be involved ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.057729
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have performed an extensive analysis of TP53 in 474 French families suggestive of Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS), including 232 families fulfilling the Chompret criteria. We identified a germline alteration of TP53 in 82 families (17%), in 67/232 of the families fulfilling the Chompret criteria (29%) and in 15/242 whic...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.057570
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Ethylmalonic encephalopathy (EE) is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterised by progressive encephalopathy, recurrent petechiae, acrocyanosis and chronic diarrhoea, with a fatal outcome in early in life. METHODS:14 patients with EE were investigated for mutations in the ETHE1 gene. RESUL...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.058271
更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present the first comprehensive study, to our knowledge, on genomic chromosomal analysis in syndromic craniosynostosis. In total, 45 patients with craniosynostotic disorders were screened with a variety of methods including conventional karyotype, microsatellite segregation analysis, subtelomeric multiplex ligation...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.057042
更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Sonic hedgehog (SHH) plays an important role in defining the anterior-posterior axis in the developing limbs. A highly conserved non-coding sequence about approximately 1 Mb upstream from the sonic hedgehog gene (SHH) was shown to be a long range regulator for SHH expression in the limb bud. Point mutations ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.055699
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Germ-line mutations in CYLD are found in patients with familial skin appendage tumours. The protein product functions as a deubiquitinase enzyme, which negatively regulates NF-kappaB and c-Jun N-terminal kinase signalling. Brooke-Spiegler syndrome (BSS) is characterised by cylindromas, trichoepitheliomas and...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.056127
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:A variety of abnormalities have been demonstrated at chromosome 11p15 in individuals with overgrowth and growth retardation. The identification of these abnormalities is clinically important but often technically difficult. Methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) is a ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.053207
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Psoriasis is an immune-mediated skin disorder that is inherited as a multifactorial trait. Linkage analyses have clearly mapped a primary disease susceptibility locus to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region on chromosome 6p21. More recently, whole-genome association studies have identified two n...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.053595
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have previously mapped autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) 16 to 3p26, overlapping with the locus of SCA15. Recently, partial deletions of ITPR1 and the neighbouring SUMF1 in the SCA15 and two additional families were reported. In the present study we determined the copy number of these genes by real ti...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.053942
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:DLG5 p.R30Q has been reported to be associated with Crohn disease (CD), but this association has not been replicated in most studies. A recent analysis of gender-stratified data from two case-control studies and two population cohorts found an association of DLG5 30Q with increased risk of CD in men but not ...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.050773
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Girls and women with Turner syndrome are at risk for catastrophic aortic dissection and rupture, but the clinical profile for those at risk is not well described. In addition to reporting two new cases, we performed an electronic search to identify all reported cases of aortic dissection associated with Turner syndrom...
journal_title:Journal of medical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/jmg.2007.052019
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00