Homozygosity mapping: one more tool in the clinical geneticist's toolbox
FS Alkuraya - Genetics in medicine, 2010 - nature.com
Consanguinity increases the coefficient of inbreeding, which increases the likelihood of
presence of pathogenic mutations in a homoallelic state. Although this is known to have an …
presence of pathogenic mutations in a homoallelic state. Although this is known to have an …
Statistics and bioinformatics in nutritional sciences: analysis of complex data in the era of systems biology
WJ Fu, AJ Stromberg, K Viele, RJ Carroll… - The Journal of nutritional …, 2010 - Elsevier
Over the past 2 decades, there have been revolutionary developments in life science
technologies characterized by high throughput, high efficiency, and rapid computation …
technologies characterized by high throughput, high efficiency, and rapid computation …
IKZF1 deletions predict relapse in uniformly treated pediatric precursor B-ALL
RP Kuiper, E Waanders, VHJ Van Der Velden… - Leukemia, 2010 - nature.com
Relapse is the most common cause of treatment failure in pediatric acute lymphoblastic
leukemia (ALL) and is often difficult to predict. To explore the prognostic impact of recurrent …
leukemia (ALL) and is often difficult to predict. To explore the prognostic impact of recurrent …
High-risk neuroblastoma tumors with 11q-deletion display a poor prognostic, chromosome instability phenotype with later onset
H Carén, H Kryh, M Nethander… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Analysis of chromosomal aberrations is used to determine the prognosis of neuroblastomas
(NBs) and to aid treatment decisions. MYCN amplification (MNA) alone is an incomplete …
(NBs) and to aid treatment decisions. MYCN amplification (MNA) alone is an incomplete …
Novel CENPJ mutation causes Seckel syndrome
Background Primordial dwarfism (PD) is an extremely rare, clinicallyheterogeneous
condition characterised by profound prenatal and postnatal growth restriction among other …
condition characterised by profound prenatal and postnatal growth restriction among other …
Disruption of ALX1 causes extreme microphthalmia and severe facial clefting: expanding the spectrum of autosomal-recessive ALX-related frontonasal dysplasia
We present an autosomal-recessive frontonasal dysplasia (FND) characterized by bilateral
extreme microphthalmia, bilateral oblique facial cleft, complete cleft palate, hypertelorism …
extreme microphthalmia, bilateral oblique facial cleft, complete cleft palate, hypertelorism …
A novel nonsense mutation in CEP290 induces exon skipping and leads to a relatively mild retinal phenotype
KW Littink, JWR Pott, RWJ Collin… - … & visual science, 2010 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: To identify the genetic defect in a family with variable retinal phenotypes. The
proband had a diagnosis of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), whereas her two cousins …
proband had a diagnosis of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), whereas her two cousins …
A statistical approach for detecting genomic aberrations in heterogeneous tumor samples from single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping data
We describe a statistical method for the characterization of genomic aberrations in single
nucleotide polymorphism microarray data acquired from cancer genomes. Our approach …
nucleotide polymorphism microarray data acquired from cancer genomes. Our approach …
Identification of acquired copy number alterations and uniparental disomies in cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia using high-resolution single-nucleotide …
L Bullinger, J Krönke, C Schön, I Radtke, K Urlbauer… - Leukemia, 2010 - nature.com
Recent advances in genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analyses have
revealed previously unrecognized microdeletions and uniparental disomy (UPD) in a broad …
revealed previously unrecognized microdeletions and uniparental disomy (UPD) in a broad …
Prevalence and prognostic impact of allelic imbalances associated with leukemic transformation of Philadelphia chromosome–negative myeloproliferative neoplasms
NH Thoennissen, UO Krug, DHT Lee… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
Philadelphia chromosome–negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) including
polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and primary myelofibrosis show an inherent …
polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and primary myelofibrosis show an inherent …