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{"title":"Chromosomal basis of sterility and reproduction","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00043-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00043-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100089,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Génétique","volume":"46 2","pages":"Pages 175-192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00043-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138324235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prenatal and preimplantation cytogenetics","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00050-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00050-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100089,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Génétique","volume":"46 2","pages":"Pages 307-330"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00050-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138324516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Interstitial “de novo” tandem duplication of 7(q31.1-q35): first reported case","authors":"L. Zelante,&nbsp;A.I. Croce,&nbsp;A. Grifa,&nbsp;A. Notarangelo,&nbsp;S. Calvano","doi":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00007-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00007-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A patient carrying a de novo 7q31-35 duplication is presented. The tandem duplication was confirmed by FISH analysis. The case seems to be the first in the literature and, in spite of the large size of the duplicated region, he shows mild facial dysmorphism and a moderate mental retardation. The clinical findings of the dup7q published cases are compared in order to define a possible common phenotype.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100089,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Génétique","volume":"46 1","pages":"Pages 49-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00007-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22447619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Study of placenta of children born with congenital malformations","authors":"Claude Stoll,&nbsp;Yves Alembik,&nbsp;Béatrice Dott,&nbsp;Marie-Paule Roth","doi":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00009-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00009-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The malformations in this study were observed in a series of 279,642 consecutive births of known outcome registered in our Registry of congenital anomalies. For each case, more than 50 factors included in the registration forms were studied. One of the factors studied was the placenta. For each malformed child, a control was chosen. Cases with maternal known factors impairing placenta function, i.e. vasculopathy and diabetes, were excluded. In each category of malformations studied, the malformed children were divided into isolated and non-isolated (multiple malformed) cases. The weight of placenta of isolated cases was not lower than the weight of placenta of the controls. In contrast, the weight of placenta of the cases with non-isolated malformations was lower than the weight of placenta of the controls and of the isolated cases, for all categories of malformations but gastroschisis and omphalocele. The mean weights at birth of the cases with multiple malformations were also lower than those of the controls. The human placenta discounts a principal functional part, the maternal blood in the intervillous space. Congenital malformations may interact with this function.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100089,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Génétique","volume":"46 1","pages":"Pages 1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00009-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22447296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A patient with hydranencephaly and PEHO-like dysmorphic features","authors":"Cyril Goizet ,&nbsp;Caroline Espil-Taris ,&nbsp;Marie Husson ,&nbsp;Jean-François Chateil ,&nbsp;Jean-Michel Pedespan ,&nbsp;Didier Lacombe","doi":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00003-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00003-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Progressive encephalopathy with Edema, Hypsarrhythmia, and Optic atrophy (PEHO syndrome) is a rare recessive autosomal neurodegenerative condition essentially described in Finland. The term PEHO-like syndrome has been proposed for patients who share clinical features of PEHO syndrome but lack the cerebellar atrophy, one of its major diagnostic criteria. We describe a patient presenting with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and PEHO-like syndrome features.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100089,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Génétique","volume":"46 1","pages":"Pages 25-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00003-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22447300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Disease associated balanced chromosome rearrangements (DBCR): report of two new cases","authors":"V.S. Tonk ,&nbsp;H.E. Wyandt ,&nbsp;X. Huang ,&nbsp;N. Patel ,&nbsp;D.L. Morgan ,&nbsp;M. Kukolich ,&nbsp;L.H. Lockhart ,&nbsp;Gopalrao V.N. Velagaleti","doi":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00005-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00005-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Disease associated balanced chromosome rearrangements (DBCR) causing truncation, deletion, inactivation or over-expression of specific genes are instrumental in identifying and cloning several disease genes and are estimated to be much more common than anticipated. In one survey, the minimal frequency of combined balanced de novo reciprocal translocations and inversions causing abnormal phenotype is estimated to be 0.17%, a sixfold increase compared to the general population suggesting a causative linkage between the abnormality and the observed phenotypic traits. Here, we report two new cases of apparently balanced de novo translocations resulting in developmental delay and dysmorphic features.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100089,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Génétique","volume":"46 1","pages":"Pages 37-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00005-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22447211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pure partial trisomy 6p due to a familial insertion (16;6)(p12;p21.2p23)","authors":"María G. Domínguez,&nbsp;Luis E. Wong-Ley,&nbsp;Horacio Rivera,&nbsp;Ana I. Vásquez,&nbsp;Alma L. Ramos,&nbsp;Rocío Sánchez-Urbina,&nbsp;J.A. Morales,&nbsp;Luis E. Figuera","doi":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00004-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00004-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There have only been eight patients with 6p pure trisomy involving different segments: four cases resulted from a translocation or insertion and four were due to an intrachromosomal duplication. We report here the first postnatally ascertained patient with a pure 6p partial trisomy due to an interchromosomal insertion (16;6)(p12;p21.2p23)mat. This rearrangement was confirmed by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with whole chromosome 6 and 16 painting probes. The clinical findings in the present patient were similar to those observed in previous cases, including craniofacial dysmorphism, minor anomalies, and lack of severe anatomical defects; yet, the unspecificity of many of these features prevented us from delineating the 6p pure trisomy syndrome.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100089,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Génétique","volume":"46 1","pages":"Pages 45-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00004-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22447212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Skewed X-chromosome inactivation pattern in SRY positive XX maleness: a case report and review of literature","authors":"Nouha Bouayed Abdelmoula ,&nbsp;Marie-France Portnoi ,&nbsp;Leila Keskes ,&nbsp;Dominique Recan ,&nbsp;Ali Bahloul ,&nbsp;Tahia Boudawara ,&nbsp;Ali Saad ,&nbsp;Tarek Rebai","doi":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00011-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00011-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>XX maleness is the most common condition in which testes develop in the absence of a cytogenetically detectable Y chromosome. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) or PCR, it was possible to detect the transfer of Yp fragments including SRY gene to the terminal part of X chromosome in the majority of XX males. We report a 32-year-old-male in whom a seminal analysis showed azoospermia, an X chromatin analysis showed 44% of Barr body positive nuclei and a chromosomal analysis revealed a 46,XX karyotype. Physical examination showed a normal sexual development and bilateral small testes. Hormonal studies revealed hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. Testis histological examination showed a profile of Sertoli Only Cell Syndrome. FISH study ruled out the presence of a Y-bearing cell line, and confirmed translocation of SRY to Xp terminal part. In order to confirm that the complete masculinized phenotype was related to a preferential inactivation of the no rearranged X chromosome, X-chromosome inactivation patterns (XCIP) were studied by analysis of methylation status of the androgen receptor gene. Highly skewed XCIP was observed by greater than 90% preferential inactivation involving one of the two X chromosomes, suggesting that the SRY-bearing X chromosome was the preferentially active X allowing for sufficient SRY expression for complete masculinization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100089,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Génétique","volume":"46 1","pages":"Pages 11-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00011-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22447298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Holt-Oram syndrome: a new mutation in the TBX5 gene in two unrelated families","authors":"Claudia Gruenauer-Kloevekorn,&nbsp;Ursula G. Froster","doi":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00006-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00006-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Holt-Oram syndrome (HOS) is a specific developmental defect involving upper limb malformations and cardiac defects. Mutations in the TBX5 gene, located on chromosome 12q24.1, were demonstrated as the underlying molecular defect in several families with this disorder. We report on two unrelated families with HOS. Affected members of both families have the same truncation mutation in exon 5 of the TBX5 gene (Y136X). This mutation has not been reported before in HOS. The spectrum of defects is similar in both families, displaying an ASD, </span>hypoplastic deltoid muscles and hypoplastic or absent thumbs extending to radial defects in one case. So far, only a single genotype-phenotype analysis in HOS has been done which is not sufficient to explain the high inter- and intrafamilial variability of expression. Our observation further supports that the position of the mutation in the TBX5 gene is related to the phenotype expression of HOS.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100089,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Génétique","volume":"46 1","pages":"Pages 19-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00006-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22447299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mucopolysaccharidosis I: a comparative study of haplotypes Eco47III–NspI sites frequencies in patients and healthy subjects of Mexican population","authors":"M.P. Gallegos-Arreola ,&nbsp;L. Arnaud-López ,&nbsp;L.E. Figuera ,&nbsp;T.S.Beltrán Jaramillo ,&nbsp;H. Rangel-Villalobos ,&nbsp;Sunji Thomatsu ,&nbsp;G.M. Zúñiga-González","doi":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00010-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00010-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><strong><em>Background. –</em></strong> Mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS-I) is an autosomal recessive disorder, which is caused by mutations in the IDUA gene. It induces the deficiency of glycosidase α-L-duronidase. The enzyme that is required for the degradation of heparan and dermatan sulfate. This disorder expresses a wide range of clinical symptoms (severe mental retardation, skeletal deformations, hepatosplenomegaly, corneal clouding and mild visceral organ involvement). In the present paper, we report the frequencies of haplotypes of the <em>Eco</em>47III–<em>Nsp</em>I sites, in the IDUA gene, in Mexican healthy and in MPS-I individuals.</p><p><strong><em>Methods. –</em></strong><em>Eco</em>47III and <em>Nsp</em>I intragenic polymorphisms in IDUA gene were studied in 262 (524 chromosomes) Mexican healthy subjects and in 53 (106 chromosomes) MPS-I patients.</p><p><strong><em>Results. –</em></strong> The genotypes for IDUA <em>Eco</em>47III and <em>Nsp</em>I sites in Mexicans were in agreement with Hardy–Weinberg expectations. Allele frequency distributions for individual sites differed (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.05) in both groups. Haplotype <em>Eco</em>47III–<em>Nsp</em>I frequencies of Mexican MPS-I patients also differed from those of the normal Mexican population. The data provide evidence of linkage disequilibrium, since the MPS-I group constitutes a subset of the Mexican control population. The disequilibrium in Mexican MPS-I patients was defined by an increase in the haplotype A₁B₂, and deficiency in A₂B₁, with respect to normal population (<em>P</em> &lt; 0.05).</p><p><strong><em>Conclusions. –</em></strong> Our results support that these polymorphisms can be associated to mutations in IDUA gene, which leads to MPS-I in Mexican patients. On the other hand, these polymorphisms can be used to identify heterozygosity when they are informative.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100089,"journal":{"name":"Annales de Génétique","volume":"46 1","pages":"Pages 7-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0003-3995(03)00010-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22447297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}