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Germline KRAS and BRAF mutations in cardio-facio-cutaneous syndromeTetsuya Niihori
Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Nat Genet 38:294-6. 2006....
Clinical manifestations in patients with SOS1 mutations range from Noonan syndrome to CFC syndromeYoko Narumi
Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1 1 Seiryo machi, Sendai 980 8574, Japan
J Hum Genet 53:834-41. 2008..These three patients exhibited ectodermal abnormalities, such as curly hair, sparse eyebrows, and dry skin, and two of them showed mental retardation. Our results suggest that patients with SOS1 mutations range from NS to CFC syndrome...
Möbius sequence, Robin complex, and hypotonia: severe expression of brainstem disruption spectrum versus Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndromeAlain Verloes
Clinical Genetic Unit, Hospital Robert Debre, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 127:277-87. 2004..Despite the existence of two familial reports, recurrence risk is probably much lower than 25%, although exact figures cannot be extracted from the available literature...
Bony syngnathia, vertebral segmentation defect, coloboma, microcephaly and mental retardation: confirmation of Dobrow syndrome and review of syndromal syngnathiasA Verloes
Clinical Genetic Unit, INSERM E9935, Hopital Robert Debre, Paris, France
Clin Dysmorphol 13:205-11. 2004..This patient is very similar to the patient described by Dobrow in 1983 and confirms the existence of this extremely rare disorder...
Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, east-African type: a new form of early, severe SMD with rounded vertebraeAlain Verloes
Clinical Genetic Unit, Hopital Robert Debre, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet 113:362-6. 2002..These two patients could belongs to the A4 group in the classification of Maroteaux and Spranger [1991: Pediatr Radiol 2l:293-297], and illustrate the difficulties of a clinical classification of SMD...
[Problems caused by genetic diseases. Part 3: Chromosomal disorders: trisomy 21]Alain Verloes
, , , 75935 Paris 19
Rev Prat 54:1363-9. 2004
Updated diagnostic criteria for CHARGE syndrome: a proposalAlain Verloes
Clinical Genetics Unit, , Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 133:306-8. 2005
Duane anomaly, congenital myopathy and severe scoliosis in sibs: new AR syndrome?Alain Verloes
Clinical Genetic Unit, Genetic Federation, Hopital Robert Debre, 75019 Paris, France
Ann Genet 46:449-52. 2003..The only differential diagnosis is Crisfield-Dretakis-Sharpe syndrome, a combination of lateral gaze palsy, ptosis, and scoliosis without hypotonia, recessively inherited...
Three patients with hallucal polydactyly and WAGR syndrome, including discordant expression of Wilms tumor in MZ twinsDominique Bremond-Gignac
Department of Ophthalmology, Robert Debre Hospital, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 134:422-5. 2005....
Nail and phalangeal agenesis in a patient with 4pter and 9pter duplicationJérôme Rambaud
Department of Genetics, APHP Robert DEBRE University Hospital, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 158:2277-82. 2012..2). The proposita is the first reported individual with distal phalangeal agenesis and anonychia, and trisomy 4p and partial trisomy 9p due to 3:1 segregation of a maternal reciprocal translocation...
Autism multiplex family with 16p11.2p12.2 microduplication syndrome in monozygotic twins and distal 16p11.2 deletion in their brotherAnne Claude Tabet
AP HP, Robert Debre Hospital, Department of Genetics, Cytogenetics Unit, Paris, France
Eur J Hum Genet 20:540-6. 2012..We discuss the clinical and genetic implications of two different 16p chromosomal rearrangements in this family, and suggest that the 16p11.2 deletion in the father predisposed to the formation of the duplication in his twin children...
A new syndrome of congenital generalized osteosclerosis and bilateral polymicrogyriaLuigi Titomanlio
Clinical Genetics Unit, , Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 138:1-5. 2005..Neuropathologic examination showed bilateral fronto-parietal cerebral polymicrogyria. This syndrome appears to represent a new variant of congenital sclerotic bone disorder of unknown origin. Autosomal recessive inheritance is possible...
Partial trisomy of chromosome 22 resulting from a supernumerary marker chromosome 22 in a child with features of cat eye syndromeValérie Bélien
Medical Genetics, Hopital Robert Debre, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 146:1871-4. 2008..21, not encompassing the DiGeorge critical region (RP11-154H4 + , TBX1-). This observation adds new information relevant to cat eye syndrome and partial trisomy of 22q...
A familial syndromal form of omphaloceleMarylin Port-Lis
Clinical Genetics Unit, University Hospital, Pointe à Pitre University Hospital, Guadalupe Island, France
Eur J Med Genet 54:337-40. 2011....
CHARGE syndrome: an updateDamien Sanlaville
INSERM U781, Genetic Department, AP HP Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, France
Eur J Hum Genet 15:389-99. 2007..We review available data on its molecular pathology as well as cytogenetic and molecular evidences for genetic heterogeneity within CHARGE syndrome...
Craniosynostosis: A rare complication of pycnodysostosisSara Osimani
Department of Genetics, AP HP Robert DEBRE University Hospital, Paris, France
Eur J Med Genet 53:89-92. 2010..We strongly suggest including systematic examination of fundus oculi and monitoring of OFC in the systematic clinical follow-up of these patients...
Cardio-facio-cutaneous and Noonan syndromes due to mutations in the RAS/MAPK signalling pathway: genotype-phenotype relationships and overlap with Costello syndromeCaroline Nava
Department of Genetics, AP HP, Hopital Robert Debre, Paris, France
J Med Genet 44:763-71. 2007..Although some associated features appear to be characteristic of a specific gene, no simple rule exists to distinguish NS from CFC easily...
Blepharophimosis-mental retardation (BMR) syndromes: A proposed clinical classification of the so-called Ohdo syndrome, and delineation of two new BMR syndromes, one X-linked and one autosomal recessiveAlain Verloes
Clinical Genetics Unit, APHP Robert DEBRE University Hospital, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 140:1285-96. 2006..Types MKB and V are newly described here...
Ectodermal dysplasia-like syndrome with mental retardation due to contiguous gene deletion: further clinical and molecular delineation of del(2q32) syndromeLaila Rifai
Department of Medical Genetics, AP HP Robert DEBRE University Hospital, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 152:111-7. 2010..We recommend considering cytogenetic and/or molecular screening for del(2q32) in patients with developmental disability and ectodermal dysplasia-like phenotype, including thin skin, oligodontia, dysplastic teeth, and sparse hair...
CNS malformations in Knobloch syndrome with splice mutation in COL18A1 geneBoris Keren
Clinical Genetic Unit, Department of Medical Genetics, APHP, , 48 Boulevard Serurier, 75019 Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 143:1514-8. 2007
Molecular characterization of a de novo 6q24.2q25.3 duplication interrupting UTRN in a patient with arthrogryposisAnne Claude Tabet
AP HP, Cytogenetics Unit, Department of Genetics, Robert Debre Hospital, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 152:1781-8. 2010..We discuss the possible implication of UTRN in arthrogryposis associated with duplications spanning the 6q23q26 region...
A locus for sacral/anorectal malformations maps to 6q25.3 in a 0.3 Mb interval regionLuigi Titomanlio
Department of Child Neurology, , Paris, France
Eur J Hum Genet 14:971-4. 2006..European Journal of Human Genetics (2006) 14, 971-974. doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201635; published online 17 May 2006...
The genetic basis of inherited anomalies of the teeth. Part 2: syndromes with significant dental involvementIsabelle Bailleul-Forestier
Paediatric Dentistry Department, Paris 7 University AP HP, Hotel Dieu, Garanciere, Paris, France
Eur J Med Genet 51:383-408. 2008..A better knowledge of the dental phenotype may contribute to an earlier diagnosis of some MCA syndromes involving teeth anomalies. They may serve as a diagnostic indicator or help confirm a syndrome diagnosis...
Michels syndrome, Carnevale syndrome, OSA syndrome, and Malpuech syndrome: variable expression of a single disorder (3MC syndrome)?Luigi Titomanlio
Clinical Genetics Unit, Robert Debre Hospital, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 137:332-5. 2005..Those similarities lead us to postulate that they belong to the same spectrum, which could be referred to as "3MC syndrome" (Malpuech-Michels-Mingarelli-Carnevale syndrome)...
Constitutional NRAS mutations are rare among patients with Noonan syndrome or juvenile myelomonocytic leukemiaLilia Kraoua
Department of Genetics, AP HP Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 158:2407-11. 2012..Among 17 patients with NRAS-mutated JMML, none had clinical features suggestive of NS. None of the 11 JMML patients for which germline DNA was available had a constitutional NRAS mutation...
Pre- and postnatal phenotype of 6p25 deletions involving the FOXC1 geneAndrée Delahaye
AP HP, Hopital Jean Verdier, Service d Histologie, Embryologie, et Cytogénétique, Bondy, France
Am J Med Genet A 158:2430-8. 2012..Histopathological features of Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly were clearly identifiable before the beginning of the third-trimester of gestation...
Expanding the clinical and neuroradiologic phenotype of primary microcephaly due to ASPM mutationsS Passemard
Department of Clinical Genetics, U676, Hopital Robert Debre, APHP, 75019 Paris, France
Neurology 73:962-9. 2009..To determine the spectrum of clinical, neuropsychological, and neuroradiologic features in patients with autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH) due to ASPM gene mutations...
Aphallia, lung agenesis and multiple defects of blastogenesisMarion Gerard-Blanluet
Department of Medical Genetics, APHP Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
Fetal Pediatr Pathol 30:22-6. 2011....
Gracile bones, periostal appositions, hypomineralization of the cranial vault, and mental retardation in brothers: milder variant of osteocraniostenosis or new syndrome?Alain Verloes
Clinical Genetic Unit, Hopital Robert Debre, boulevard Serurier, FR 75019 Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 137:199-203. 2005..quot; Genealogical data are consistent with AR or XLR inheritance. No mutations were found in the coding sequence of filamin A...
Phenotypic spectrum of fetal Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndromeChloé Quelin
Clinical Genetics Unit, Rennes Sud University Hospital, Rennes, France
Eur J Med Genet 55:81-90. 2012..This latter malformation proves that SLOS phenotypically overlaps with Pallister-Hall syndrome which remains clinically a major differential diagnosis of SLOS...
Genomic imbalances detected by array-CGH in patients with syndromal ocular developmental anomaliesAndrée Delahaye
AP HP, Hopital Jean Verdier, Service d Histologie, Embryologie, et Cytogénétique, Bondy, France
Eur J Hum Genet 20:527-33. 2012..In addition to their importance for diagnosis and genetic counselling, these data may help identify genes involved in ocular development...
Neuropathic visceral dysmotility, brain cysts and calcifications, facial dysmorphism and developmental delay in two sibs. A new syndrome?Alice Hadchouel
Clinical Genetic Unit, Genetic Department, Hopital Robert Debre, 48, boulevard Serurier, 75019 Paris, France
Eur J Med Genet 48:367-76. 2005....
Congenital absence of the left pericardium and diaphragmatic defect in sibsAlain Verloes
Department of Genetics, APHP Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
Eur J Med Genet 53:133-5. 2010..This appears to be the first familial report of this rare association...
Giant diencephalic harmartoma and related anomalies: a newly recognized entity distinct from the Pallister-Hall syndromeFabien Guimiot
Department of Developmental Biology, AP HP Robert Debré Hospital, Denis Diderot University, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 149:1108-15. 2009....
A new lysosomal storage disorder resembling Morquio syndrome in sibsLaurence Perrin
Departments of Genetics, AP HP Robert DEBRE University Hospital, Paris, France
Eur J Med Genet 55:157-62. 2012..We hypothesize that these two boys have a distinct autosomal recessive or X-linked lysosomal storage disorder of unknown origin that shares clinical and radiological features with Morquio disease...
Spectrum of epilepsy in terminal 1p36 deletion syndromeNadia Bahi-Buisson
Department of Pediatric Neurology, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, AP HP, Universite Paris V, Paris, France, and INSERM, U663, Paris, France
Epilepsia 49:509-15. 2008..Previous reports have summarized the seizures types occurring in 1p36 deletion syndrome. To better define the spectrum of epilepsy, we studied 91 patients (median age 7.8 years) with confirmed 1p36 deletion...
A long-term competent chimeric immune system in a dizygotic dichorionic twinValerie Biran
NSERM, U676, AVENIR RO5230HS Team, Paris, France
Pediatrics 128:e458-63. 2011....
Failure to detect an 8p22-8p23.1 duplication in patients with Kabuki (Niikawa-Kuroki) syndromeDamien Sanlaville
Département de génétique, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
Eur J Hum Genet 13:690-3. 2005..They were tested for the presence of an 8p duplication using the same clones as described by Milunsky and Huang. Our results do not confirm the previously described association between KS and an 8p22-8p23.1 duplication...
Many roads lead to primary autosomal recessive microcephalyAngela M Kaindl
INSERM, U676, Paris, France
Prog Neurobiol 90:363-83. 2010....
Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome: confirmatory report of a syndrome with sparse hair, mental retardation, and short stature and metacarpalsGilles Morin
Clinical Genetic Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Amiens, France
Clin Dysmorphol 12:237-40. 2003..We report here two unrelated patients with identical features, thus confirming the status of this rare disorder of unknown aetiology...
Diaphanospondylodysostosis (DSD): confirmation of a recessive disorder with abnormal vertebral ossification and nephroblastomatosisMarie Gonzales
Department of Pathologic Embryology and Cytogenetics, , Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 136:373-6. 2005..Combined with the latter cases, these four new patients allow delineation of a specific lethal AR syndrome with ossification defect of the axial skeleton and renal dysplasia. We propose to name this entity diaphanospondylodysostosis...
Specific genetic disorders and autism: clinical contribution towards their identificationDavid Cohen
Service de Psychiatrie de l Enfant et de l Adolescent, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Paris
J Autism Dev Disord 35:103-16. 2005....
A hereditary moyamoya syndrome with multisystemic manifestationsD Herve
Service de Neurologie, AP HP, Hopital Robert Debre, Universite Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France
Neurology 75:259-64. 2010..We report a detailed description of a family affected by a hereditary multisystem disorder associated with moyamoya syndrome...
Pseudoaminopterin syndromeLilia Kraoua
Department of Genetics, APHP Robert DEBRE University Hospital, Paris VII University, Denis Diderot Medical School, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 158:2233-8. 2012....
Unilateral agenesis of the abdominal wall musculature: An early muscle deficiencyMarion Gerard-Blanluet
Department of Clinical Genetics, APHP Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 152:2870-4. 2010..This combination of anomalies may represent a localized deficiency in the development of somitic mesoderm mesenchyme during early embryogenesis...
Hypertrichosis, Fallot tetralogy, growth and developmental delayAlain Verloes
Clinical Genetic Unit, Robert Debré Hospital and INSERM E9935, Paris, France
Clin Dysmorphol 13:247-50. 2004..This appears to be a "new" entity within the group of syndromal hypertrichoses, possibly pathogenetically related to, but clinically distinct from Ambras or Oliver-McFarlane syndromes...
The spectrum of cardiac anomalies in Noonan syndrome as a result of mutations in the PTPN11 geneYves Sznajer
Department of Medical Genetics, AP HP Robert DEBRE University Hospital, Paris, France
Pediatrics 119:e1325-31. 2007..quot; We report the heart defects and links to gene dysfunction in cardiac development in a large cohort of patients with type 1 Noonan syndrome...
Screening for genomic rearrangements and methylation abnormalities of the 15q11-q13 region in autism spectrum disordersChristel Depienne
INSERM U679, AP HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitie Salpetriere, Paris, France
Biol Psychiatry 66:349-59. 2009..However, the prevalence of these disorders in ASD is unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of 15q11-q13 rearrangements in a large sample of patients ascertained for ASD...
Further delineation of the 17p13.3 microdeletion involving YWHAE but distal to PAFAH1B1: four additional patientsManuel Schiff
Department of pediatric neurology and metabolic diseases, APHP Robert DEBRE University Hospital, Paris, France
Eur J Med Genet 53:303-8. 2010..Whereas isolated PAFAH1B1 deletion causes lissencephaly, YWHAE is a candidate for the dysmorphic phenotype associated with MDS...
Dissection of the MYCN locus in Feingold syndrome and isolated oesophageal atresiaMarie Cognet
Unité INSERM U 781, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France
Eur J Hum Genet 19:602-6. 2011..3 Mb at the MYCN locus. We found no mutations or deletions in this region, supporting the hypothesis of genetic heterogeneity in FS...
Clinical and genetic heterogeneity of Seckel syndromeL Faivre
, , Paris, France
Am J Med Genet 112:379-83. 2002..These results support the view that Seckel syndrome is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous condition...
Mutations at a single codon in Mad homology 2 domain of SMAD4 cause Myhre syndromeCarine Le Goff
Département de génétique, Unité INSERM U781, Universite Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
Nat Genet 44:85-8. 2012..We also observed decreased expression of downstream TGF-β target genes, supporting the idea of impaired TGF-β-mediated transcriptional control in individuals with Myhre syndrome...
Combination of WAGR and Potocki-Shaffer contiguous deletion syndromes in a patient with an 11p11.2-p14 deletionDominique Bremond-Gignac
Department of Ophthalmology, Robert Debre Hospital, AP HP, Paris, France
Eur J Hum Genet 13:409-13. 2005..Molecular and follow-up data on the original WAGRO case are briefly presented...
Further delineation of the congenital form of X-linked dyskeratosis congenita (Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome)Yves Sznajer
Clinical Genetics Unit, INSERM E9935, , , 75019, Paris, France
Eur J Pediatr 162:863-7. 2003..The absence of mutations of the DKC1gene in patients with Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome emphasises the probable implication of one or more other loci...
Circadian rhythm disorder in a rare disease: Smith-Magenis syndromeHélène De Leersnyder
Department of Genetics, Hospital Robert Debre, 75019 Paris, France
Mol Cell Endocrinol 252:88-91. 2006..Considering that clock genes mediate generation of circadian rhythms, we suggest that haploinsufficiency for a circadian system gene mapping to chromosome 17p11.2 may cause the inversion of circadian rhythm in SMS...
VIP blockade leads to microcephaly in mice via disruption of Mcph1-Chk1 signalingSandrine Passemard
INSERM, U676, Paris, France
J Clin Invest 121:3071-87. 2011..These results demonstrate that VIP blockade induces microcephaly through Mcph1 signaling and suggest that VIP/Mcph1/Chk1 signaling is key for normal cortical development...
The genetic basis of inherited anomalies of the teeth. Part 1: clinical and molecular aspects of non-syndromic dental disordersIsabelle Bailleul-Forestier
Paediatric Dentistry Department, Paris 7 University, AP HP, Hôtel Dieu Garancière, Paris, France
Eur J Med Genet 51:273-91. 2008..And in a second part, the review focus on genetic syndromes with dental involvement...
Severely delayed epiphyseal ossification dysplasia with normal statureClarisse Baumann
Clinical Genetic Unit, , Paris, France
Am J Med Genet A 120:553-6. 2003..This disorder was not associated with abnormal endocrine function or abnormal Ca/P metabolism. This epiphyseal disorder is compatible with autosomal recessive inheritance...
[X chromosome]Alain Verloes
Département de génétique, Hopital Robert Debre, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Paris 75, France
Presse Med 36:1S7-13. 2007..Contrasting with outosomal disorders, the difference between recessivity and dominance is often relative, as heterozygous women con disclose a phenotype comparable to affected males, as a result of random X inactivation...
Dysmorphology and the orbital region: a practical clinical approachHelene Dollfus
Fédération de Génétique, Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Surv Ophthalmol 49:547-61. 2004..Eyelid anomalies, such as cryptophthalmos, ablepharon, blepharophimosis, euryblepharon, or anomalies at the level of the eyelashes and eyebrows are described...
[Sensible guidelines for the evaluation of mental retardation]A Verloes
, , AP-HP, 48, , 75019 Paris, France
Arch Pediatr 15:708-10. 2008
Familial CHARGE syndrome because of CHD7 mutation: clinical intra- and interfamilial variabilityA Delahaye
Medical Genetics Department, Robert Debre University Hospital, Paris, France
Clin Genet 72:112-21. 2007..These familial reports describe the intrafamilial variability of CHARGE syndrome, and underline the presence of CHD7 mutations in patients who do not fit the 'classical clinical criteria' for CHARGE syndrome...
Further delineation of Kabuki syndrome in 48 well-defined new individualsLinlea Armstrong
Department of Genetics, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Med Genet A 132:265-72. 2005..Very recently, a microduplication of 8p has been described in multiple affected individuals, the proportion of individuals with the duplication is yet to be determined...
Genome scan for familial abdominal aortic aneurysm using sex and family history as covariates suggests genetic heterogeneity and identifies linkage to chromosome 19q13Hidenori Shibamura
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Mich 48201, USA
Circulation 109:2103-8. 2004..73 (P=0.0012) near marker D4S1644 using the same covariate model as for chromosome 19. CONCLUSIONS: Our results provide evidence for genetic heterogeneity and the presence of susceptibility loci for AAA on chromosomes 19q13 and 4q31...
Subtle trisomy 12q24.3 and subtle monosomy 22q13.3: three new cases and reviewLaura Rodriguez
Estudio Colaborativo Español de Malformaciones Congénitas ECEMC del Centro de Investigación sobre Anomalías Congénitas CIAC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Madrid, Spain
Am J Med Genet A 122:119-24. 2003..A high resolution G-band karyotype also showed in Case II and III an abnormal chromosome 22, studied by FISH techniques which confirmed a der(22)t(12;22)(q24.3;q13.3) in both cases...
Should chromosome breakage studies be performed in patients with VACTERL association?Laurence Faivre
Centre de Genetique, Hôpital d Enfants, Dijon, France
Am J Med Genet A 137:55-8. 2005....
Recurrent insertional polydactyly and situs inversus in a Bardet-Biedl syndrome familyChristine Deffert
Molecular Genetics Laboratory, , , AP-HP, France
Am J Med Genet A 143:208-13. 2007
Molecular and clinical characterization of cardio-facio-cutaneous (CFC) syndrome: overlapping clinical manifestations with Costello syndromeYoko Narumi
Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Am J Med Genet A 143:799-807. 2007....
CEMARA: a Web dynamic application within a N-tier architecture for rare diseasesClaude Messiaen
Paris Descartes University, UPRESS EA 4067 and Service de Biostatistique et d Informatique Médicale, APHP Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris France
Stud Health Technol Inform 136:51-6. 2008..A description of CEMARA is provided as well as its cooperation with Orphanet and Genatlas, and a presentation of 11803 current records collected by more than 300 health care professionals belonging to more than 70 sites...
Mutation screening of the PTEN gene in patients with autism spectrum disorders and macrocephalyJoseph D Buxbaum
Laboratory of Molecular Neuropsychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 144:484-91. 2007..Screening of PTEN mutations is warranted in patients with autism and pronounced macrocephaly, even in the absence of other features of PTEN-related tumor syndromes...
CGH and direct diagnosis of mosaic structural chromosomal abnormalities: description of a mosaic ring chromosome 17 and review of the literatureCeline Dupont
Service d Histologie Embryologie Cytogénétique Biologie de la Reproduction, Hopital Jean Verdier AP HP, Avenue du 14 Juillet 93143, Bondy Cedex, France
Eur J Hum Genet 11:452-6. 2003....
Molecular cytogenetic characterization of terminal 14q32 deletions in two children with an abnormal phenotype and corpus callosum hypoplasiaAnouck Schneider
Service de Genetique, UFR de Medecine, Reims CHU, Hopital Maison Blanche, 45 rue Cognacq Jay, Reims, France
Eur J Hum Genet 16:680-7. 2008..67+/-0.10 Mb, respectively. The paternal origin of the deleted chromosome 14 was established by genotyping of microsatellites for patient 1 and the phenotype of terminal del(14)(q32) was compared to maternal uniparental disomy 14...
RPGRIP1L mutations are mainly associated with the cerebello-renal phenotype of Joubert syndrome-related disordersF Brancati
Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, CSS Mendel Institute, Rome, Italy
Clin Genet 74:164-70. 2008..Conversely, no pathogenic changes were found in patients with other JSRD phenotypes, suggesting that RPGRIP1L mutations are largely confined to the cerebello-renal subgroup, while they overall represent a rare cause of JSRD (<2%)...
New autosomal recessive syndrome with short stature and facio-auriculo-thoracic malformationsAndre Megarbane
Unite de Genetique Medicale, Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cytogénétique, Faculte de Medecine, Université Saint Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon
Am J Med Genet A 128:414-7. 2004..Differential diagnosis is discussed and the possibility of the report of a new autosomal recessive syndrome with variable expressivity is raised...
A congenital left ventricular diverticulum combined with a complex malformation syndromeMartial M Massin
Division of Paediatric Cardiology, University of Liège at CHR Citadelle, Belgium
Acta Cardiol 58:207-8. 2003..To our knowledge this case report is the first description of an association with such a malformation syndrome...
Familial abdominal aortic aneurysms: collection of 233 multiplex familiesHelena Kuivaniemi
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics and Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
J Vasc Surg 37:340-5. 2003..genetics.wayne.edu/ags)...
Lamin A and ZMPSTE24 (FACE-1) defects cause nuclear disorganization and identify restrictive dermopathy as a lethal neonatal laminopathyClaire L Navarro
INSERM U491, Génétique Médicale et Développement, Faculte de Medecine de Marseille, Hopital d Enfants de la Timone, Marseille, France
Hum Mol Genet 13:2493-503. 2004..RD is thus one of the most deleterious laminopathies identified so far in humans caused by (primary or secondary) A-type Lamin defects and nuclear structural and functional alterations...
Genomic screening of fibroblast growth-factor receptor 2 reveals a wide spectrum of mutations in patients with syndromic craniosynostosisShih hsin Kan
Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
Am J Hum Genet 70:472-86. 2002..We conclude that the spectrum of FGFR2 mutations causing craniosynostosis is wider than previously recognized but that, nevertheless, the IgIIIa/IIIc region represents a genuine mutation hotspot...
MECP2 gene mutations in non-syndromic X-linked mental retardation: phenotype-genotype correlationMarie Gomot
Service de Genetique, CHU Bretomeau, INSERM U316, 2 boulevard Tonnelle, 37044 Tours Cedex, France
Am J Med Genet A 123:129-39. 2003..Regression of language skills was suspected in three patients. Phenotype-genotype correlation could thus be suspected and is discussed in these three families...
Testing for triallelism: analysis of six BBS genes in a Bardet-Biedl syndrome family cohortHaifa Hichri
, , Strasbourg, France
Eur J Hum Genet 13:607-16. 2005..This study underlines the genetic heterogeneity of the BBS and the involvement of possibly unidentified genes...
Orofaciodigital syndrome with cerebral dysgenesisGaetan Lesca
Clinical Genetics Department, , Lyon, France
Am J Med Genet A 140:757-63. 2006....
Brain anomalies in encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosisUte Moog
Institute of Human Genetics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Am J Med Genet A 143:2963-72. 2007..These data provide evidence that the brain anomalies in ECCL are not primary brain malformations but arise secondary to a mesenchymal defect affecting mostly neural crest derivatives...
The original Lujan syndrome family has a novel missense mutation (p.N1007S) in the MED12 geneCharles E Schwartz
J Med Genet 44:472-7. 2007..Thus, it seems that these two X-linked mental retardation syndromes are allelic, with mutations in the MED12 gene...
Mutations in a novel gene Dymeclin (FLJ20071) are responsible for Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndromeVincent El Ghouzzi
Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, 75015 Paris, France
Hum Mol Genet 12:357-64. 2003..We conclude that DMC syndrome is consequent upon loss of function of a gene that we propose to name Dymeclin, which may have a role in process of intracellular digestion of proteins...
