Comparison of predictive models, clinical criteria and molecular tumour screening for the identification of patients with Lynch syndrome in a population-based cohort of colorectal cancer patients
J Balmaña, F Balaguer, S Castellví-Bel, E W Steyerberg, M Andreu, X Llor, R Jover, A Castells, S Syngal, and for the Gastrointestinal Oncology Group of the Spanish Gastroenterological Association
J Med Genet 2008; 45: 557-563.
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Published Online First: 25 June 2008. doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.059311
Cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome: three additional cases with CSB mutations, new diagnostic criteria and an approach to investigation
V Laugel, C Dalloz, E S Tobias, J L Tolmie, D Martin-Coignard, V Drouin-Garraud, V Valayannopoulos, A Sarasin, and H Dollfus
J Med Genet 2008; 45: 564-571.
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Prevalence and heritability of the metabolic syndrome and its individual components in a Dutch isolate: the Erasmus Rucphen Family study
P Henneman, Y S Aulchenko, R R Frants, K W van Dijk, B A Oostra, and C M van Duijn
J Med Genet 2008; 45: 572-577.
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Published Online First: 11 June 2008. doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.058388
Bitter taste receptor gene polymorphisms are an important factor in the development of nicotine dependence in African Americans
J E Mangold, T J Payne, J Z Ma, G Chen, and M D Li
J Med Genet 2008; 45: 578-582.
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Published Online First: 4 June 2008. doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.057844
Dynamic CpG methylation of the KCNQ1OT1 gene during maturation of human oocytes
R Khoureiry, S Ibala-Rhomdane, L Méry, T Blachère, J-F Guérin, J Lornage, and A Lefèvre
J Med Genet 2008; 45: 583-588. doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.057943
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Triphalangeal thumb–polysyndactyly syndrome and syndactyly type IV are caused by genomic duplications involving the long range, limb-specific SHH enhancer
M Sun, F Ma, X Zeng, Q Liu, X-L Zhao, F-X Wu, G-P Wu, Z-F Zhang, B Gu, Y-F Zhao, S-H Tian, B Lin, X-Y Kong, X-L Zhang, W Yang, W H-Y Lo, and X Zhang
J Med Genet 2008; 45: 589-595.
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Published Online First: 16 April 2008. doi:10.1136/jmg.2008.057646