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Species | Margherita Cirillo SilengoSummaryAffiliation: University of Turin Country: Italy Publications
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Mutation spectrum of MLL2 in a cohort of Kabuki syndrome patientsLucia Micale
Medical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
Orphanet J Rare Dis 6:38. 2011..Recently mutations in the histone methyl transferase MLL2 gene have been identified as its underlying cause...
Hair anomalies as a sign of mitochondrial diseaseMargherita Silengo
I Divisione di Clinica Pediatrica, Universita di Torino, Piazza Polonia 94, 10126 Torino, Italy
Eur J Pediatr 162:459-61. 2003..CONCLUSION: Microscopic hair examination is an easy, first level diagnostic tool that can lead to a suspected mitochondrial defect in the early stages of the disease, before symptoms of progressive multi-organ involvement develop...
Eyebrow anomalies as a diagnostic sign of genomic disordersM Silengo
Department of Pediatrics, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Clin Genet 77:28-31. 2010..Here, we report our experience concerning the relevance of abnormal eyebrow pattern as a diagnostic indicator of specific genomic disorders...
Subtelomeric FISH analysis in 76 patients with syndromic developmental delay/intellectual disabilityElga F Belligni
Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Ital J Pediatr 35:9. 2009..abstract:..
A heritable cause of cleft lip and palate--Van der Woude syndrome caused by a novel IRF6 mutation. Review of the literature and of the differential diagnosisGiovanni Battista Ferrero
Department of Pediatrics, University of Torino, Piazza Polonia, 94 10126 Torino, Italy
Eur J Pediatr 169:223-8. 2010..The Van der Woude syndrome is a mendelian CL/P, accounting for about 2% of all cases and caused by mutations in the interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) gene, located on 1q32.2 chromosome...
Clinical and molecular characterization of 40 patients with Noonan syndromeGiovanni Battista Ferrero
Department of Pediatrics, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Eur J Med Genet 51:566-72. 2008....
Hair changes in congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG type 1)Margherita Silengo
Clinical Genetics, Department of Paediatrics, University of Turin, Piazza Polonia 94, 10126 Turin, Italy
Eur J Pediatr 162:114-5. 2003
Schinzel-Giedion syndrome with sacrococcygeal teratomaAlessandro Sandri
Divisione di Pediatria Oncologica, Universita degli Studi di Torino, Piazza Polonia 94, 10100 Torino, Italy
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 25:558-61. 2003..According to this occurrence of uncommon tumors, risk of malignancy could be a component of Schinzel-Giedion syndrome...
Remittent hyperammonemia in congenital portosystemic shuntGiovanni Battista Ferrero
Department of Pediatrics, University of Torino, Piazza Polonia 94, 10126 Torino, Italy
Eur J Pediatr 169:369-72. 2010....
Four new cases of PHACES syndrome: variable phenotypic expression and endocrine featuresAlessandro Mussa
Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Endocrinology, University of Torino, Italy
Acta Paediatr 97:1729-33. 2008..We review and discuss the phenotypes and the endocrine aspects of PHACES syndrome, hypothesizing that endocrine anomalies, although rare, could be considered as feature of the disease...
Presenting phenotype and clinical evaluation in a cohort of 22 Williams-Beuren syndrome patientsGiovanni Battista Ferrero
Department of Pediatrics, University of Torino, Piazza Polonia, 94, 10126 Torino, Italy
Eur J Med Genet 50:327-37. 2007....
A child with macrocephaly: case report of a patient with megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts and a compound heterozygosity for two mutations in the MLC1 geneA G Delmonaco
Department of Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Minerva Pediatr 63:125-9. 2011..Extensive metabolic assays were within normal range. Sequence analysis for MLC1 gene revealed a compound heterozygosity for two mutations in MLC1 gene, inherited from healthy non consanguineous parents...
Oral, facial, digital, vertebral anomalies with psychomotor delay: a mild form of OFD type Gabrielli?Giovanni Battista Ferrero
Department of Pediatrics, University of Torino, Piazza Polonia 94, 10126 Turin, Italy
Am J Med Genet 113:291-4. 2002..A similar phenotype has been previously reported in a sporadic male patient [Gabrielli et al., 1994: Am J Med Genet 53:290-293], suggesting a new variant form of oral-facial-digital syndrome...
Myhre's syndrome in a girl with normal intelligenceImmacolata Rulli
Am J Med Genet A 134:100-2. 2005
Truncus arteriosus and isochromosome 8qMargherita Silengo
Am J Med Genet A 133:223-4. 2005
Mutations of ARX are associated with striking pleiotropy and consistent genotype-phenotype correlationMitsuhiro Kato
Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Hum Mutat 23:147-59. 2004....
Previously undescribed nonsense mutation in SHH caused autosomal dominant holoprosencephaly with wide intrafamilial variabilityMonica Marini
Laboratorio di Genetica Molecolare, Istituto G Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Am J Med Genet A 117:112-5. 2003..The identification of this mutation allowed us to give a prenatal diagnosis in this family and confirms a wide intrafamilial variability in the phenotypic spectrum...
Congenital hypothyroidism, cerebellar atrophy, and the incomplete phenotypic expression of PHACES syndromeAlessandro Mussa
Endocr J 55:231; author reply 233. 2008
