We present a patient with a hypoplastic left heart (HLH), dislocations of the hips and knees, and minor dysmorphic features, who had an abnormal karyotype that resulted in trisomy for 9p and a portion of 9q: 46,((, dic(or tri?)(9)(9pter --> 9q34::9q21 --> 9pter).ish(WCP9++).ish(D9Z5X4 +/+++).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report an 18-month-old girl with Alagille syndrome, caused by a submicroscopic deletion of chromosome 20p, including the Jagged1 (JAG1) gene. FISH using a BAC probe containing JAG1 identified the deletion. Chromosomes were normal at the 550 band level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The chromosome 22q11.2 deletion has been identified in the majority of patients with DiGeorge syndrome, velocardiofacial syndrome, and conotruncal anomaly face syndrome and in some patients with the autosomal dominant Opitz G/BBB syndrome and Cayler cardiofacial syndrome. In addition, 22q11.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMutation analysis was performed on 42 unrelated Israeli Arab CF patients. The previously known mutations in this population, DF508, N1303K, G542X, 4010delTATT, and S549R(T>G), were identified in 57 CF alleles, leaving 28 CF alleles with unknown mutations. Screening of the coding sequence of the CFTR gene by a single strand conformation analysis (SSCA) and direct sequencing revealed three point mutations and two intragenic deletions, including 2183AA>G, R75X, S549R (A>C), 3120+1Kbdel8.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA deletion mutation of 8.6Kb in the CFTR gene, spanning the exons 17a, 17b and 18 was identified in 4 homozygous unrelated Palestinian CF patients. The patients were of various ethnic subgroups including Muslims, Christians and Druze.
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