A GENETIC-STUDY OF VONRECKLINGHAUSEN NEUROFIBROMATOSIS IN SOUTH EAST WALES .1. PREVALENCE, FITNESS, MUTATION-RATE, AND EFFECT OF PARENTAL TRANSMISSION ON SEVERITY
A GENETIC-STUDY OF VONRECKLINGHAUSEN NEUROFIBROMATOSIS IN SOUTH EAST WALES .1. PREVALENCE, FITNESS, MUTATION-RATE, AND EFFECT OF PARENTAL TRANSMISSION ON SEVERITY
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DOI:
10.1136/jmg.26.11.704
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发表时间:
1989-11-01
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4
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HARPER, PS
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作者:
HUSON, SM;COMPSTON, DAS;HARPER, PS
A population based study of von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis in south east Wales (UK) (population 668 100) identified 69 families with 135 affected members (prevalance 1/4950 of the population). In these families penetrance of the NF-1 gene was 100% by the age of five years. The genetic fitness of NF-1 sufferers was found to be reduced to 0.47, the effect being more marked in males than females (f = 0.31 and 0.60, respectively). Forty-one of 135 cases were judged to represent new disease mutations and the mutation rate was estimated to lie between 3.1 .times. 10-5 and 10.4 .times. 10-5. A parental age effect for new mutations was not found, nor was a maternal effect on disease severity.