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Multiple orbital neurofibromas, painful peripheral nerve tumors, distinctive face and marfanoid habitus: a new syndromeD Babovic-Vuksanovic
Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Eur J Hum Genet 20:618-25. 2012..Collectively, the clinical and pathological findings in these four cases fit no known syndrome and likely represent a new disorder...
Mucinous cystadenoma of ovary in a patient with juvenile polyposis due to 10q23 microdeletion: expansion of phenotypeNikola Babovic
Mayo Medical School, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Am J Med Genet A 152:2623-7. 2010..We believe that ovarian cystadenomas may be another neoplastic complication of infantile polyposis, and that our report widens the spectrum of the 10q23 microdeletion phenotype...
Phase I trial of pirfenidone in children with neurofibromatosis 1 and plexiform neurofibromasDusica Babovic-Vuksanovic
Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
Pediatr Neurol 36:293-300. 2007..The second dose level was the pharmacokinetically comparable dose and is being used in an ongoing phase II trial of pirfenidone for children with neurofibromatosis 1 and progressive plexiform neurofibroma...
Phase II trial of pirfenidone in adults with neurofibromatosis type 1D Babovic-Vuksanovic
Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Neurology 67:1860-2. 2006..Pirfenidone warrants further investigation in NF1, which has until now lacked an effective control therapy...
Guidelines for buccal smear collection in breast-fed infantsD Babovic-Vuksanovic
Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Am J Med Genet 84:357-60. 1999..In addition, prior to sample collection, buccal mucosa should be cleaned thoroughly with a cotton swab applicator. The same guidelines are applicable to older nursing infants...
Selective antibody immune deficiency in a patient with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndromeD Babovic-Vuksanovic
Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
J Inherit Metab Dis 28:181-6. 2005..Early recognition and appropriate therapeutic interventions may decrease the severity of infections, prevent potentially fatal infections, and eventually improve the quality of life in these patients...
Subtelomeric deletion of 18p in an adult with paranoid schizophrenia and mental retardationDusica Babovic-Vuksanovic
Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 559905, USA
Am J Med Genet A 124:318-22. 2004..Therefore, FISH analysis using subtelomeric probes should be considered for diagnostic evaluation of patients with psychiatric symptoms and mental retardation in whom the karyotype is normal...
Cerebral and cerebellar white matter abnormalities with magnetic resonance imaging in a child with Feingold syndromeVance T Lehman
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medical Education, 200 First St S W, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Am J Med Genet A 149:2824-7. 2009..Moreover, it is likely to be observed in the future due to increased use of MR imaging...
Resection of benign sciatic notch dumbbell-shaped tumorsRobert J Spinner
Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
J Neurosurg 105:873-80. 2006....
Vitamin A deficiency in an infant with PAGOD syndromeRalitza Gavrilova
Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Am J Med Genet A 149:2241-7. 2009....
The phenotypic spectrum of trisomy 2: report of two new casesErcan Mihci
Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Clin Dysmorphol 18:201-4. 2009..The second case was an acardiac and acranial fetus with complete trisomy 2. We review the phenotypic spectrum associated with trisomy 2...
14q32.3 deletion syndrome with autismJ Lawrence Merritt
Am J Med Genet A 133:99-100. 2005
Utility of subtelomeric fluorescent DNA probes for detection of chromosome anomalies in 425 patientsSyed M Jalal
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Genet Med 5:28-34. 2003..No subtelomeric abnormalities were detected in our group of 53 MM patients, suggesting a relatively low frequency of occurrence in this patient population...
Unbalanced cryptic 5p deletion/17p duplication identified by subtelomeric FISH in a family with a boy with chimerism and a balanced t(4;5)Regina Ensenauer
Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Am J Med Genet A 125:86-91. 2004....
Malignant intracranial germinoma in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome: cholesterol homeostasis possibly connecting morphogenesis and cancer developmentHana Oslejskova
Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 30:689-91. 2008..Here, we describe a 16-year-old boy with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome who developed cerebral germinoma. To our knowledge, this is the first report of association of this syndrome with malignant intracranial germ-cell tumor...
Liposuction: a less invasive surgical method of debulking plexiform neurofibromasSrdan Babovic
Olmsted Medical Center Department of Medical Genetics Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mayo Clinic/Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Dermatol Surg 29:785-7. 2003..CONCLUSION: Liposuction may be a preferable surgical method for debulking of superficial plexiform neurofibromas in patients with NF1. This method is less invasive than conventional surgical tumor debulking...
Contiguous conventional and plexiform schwannomas. Report of two casesJ Bradley White
Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
J Neurosurg 104:319-24. 2006..To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a conventional schwannoma contiguous with a deep plexiform schwannoma...
Mosaic r(13) resulting in large deletion of chromosome 13q in a newborn female with multiple congenital anomaliesCindy Pham Lorentz
Cytogenetics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Am J Med Genet 111:61-7. 2002..The clinical presentation of our patient was consistent with reported cases of 13q deletions. In addition, our patient had airway anomalies, including a type I laryngeal cleft and tracheal stenosis, which are previously unreported...
The role of high-resolution computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of isolated orbital neurofibromasWon Chan Park
Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
Am J Ophthalmol 142:456-63. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Isolated orbital neurofibromas may present with differing radiologic appearances. The combined use of high-resolution CT and MRI may be of benefit in the preoperative diagnosis of these uncommon orbital tumors...
