TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 14, Issue 12 (December 2006)
News and Commentary
Alcoholism: Study boosts evidence on linkage regions associated with alcoholism FREE
Christian Hopfer
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1231-1232; advance online publication, July 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201694
Practical Genetics
The Börjeson–Forssman–Lehman syndrome (BFLS, MIM #301900) FREE
Jozef Gécz, Gillian Turner, John Nelson and Michael Partington
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1233-1237; advance online publication, August 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201639
Letter
An utter refutation of the 'Fundamental Theorem of the HapMap' by Terwilliger and Hiekkalinna FREE
Duncan C Thomas and Daniel O Stram
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1238-1239; advance online publication, August 2, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201697
Articles
Novel FGFR3 mutations creating cysteine residues in the extracellular domain of the receptor cause achondroplasia or severe forms of hypochondroplasia FREE
Solange Heuertz, Martine Le Merrer, Bernhard Zabel, Michael Wright, Laurence Legeai-Mallet, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Linda Gibbs and Jacky Bonaventure
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1240-1247; advance online publication, August 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201700
A novel R486Q mutation in BMPR1B resulting in either a brachydactyly type C/symphalangism-like phenotype or brachydactyly type A2 FREE
Katarina Lehmann, Petra Seemann, Jan Boergermann, Gilles Morin, Silke Reif, Petra Knaus and Stefan Mundlos
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1248-1254; advance online publication, September 6, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201708
Identification of cryptic imbalance in phenotypically normal and abnormal translocation carriers FREE
Marzena Gajecka, Caron D Glotzbach, Malgorzata Jarmuz, Blake C Ballif and Lisa G Shaffer
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1255-1262; advance online publication, August 30, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201710
Recruiting first-degree relatives for prevention research: a comparison of clinician and proband-led methods of contact in Crohn's disease FREE
Erin P Reid, Alastair Forbes, Jeremy Sanderson, Christopher G Mathew, Cathryn Lewis and Theresa M Marteau
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1263-1268; advance online publication, July 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201699
Three different ABCA4 mutations in the same large family with several consanguineous loops affected with autosomal recessive cone–rod dystrophy FREE
Dominique Ducroq, Stavit Shalev, Aviv Habib, Arnold Munnich, Josseline Kaplan and Jean-Michel Rozet
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1269-1273; advance online publication, August 9, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201691
Ulnar–mammary syndrome with dysmorphic facies and mental retardation caused by a novel 1.28 Mb deletion encompassing the TBX3 gene FREE
Eva Klopocki, Luitgard M Neumann, Holger Tönnies, Hans-Hilger Ropers, Stefan Mundlos and Reinhard Ullmann
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1274-1279; advance online publication, August 9, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201696
Strong linkage on 2q33.3 to familial early-onset generalized osteoarthritis and a consideration of two positional candidate genes FREE
Ingrid Meulenbelt, Josine L Min, Cornelia M van Duijn, Margreet Kloppenburg, Ferdinand C Breedveld and P Eline Slagboom
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1280-1287; advance online publication, August 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201704
The scale and nature of Viking settlement in Ireland from Y-chromosome admixture analysis FREE
Brian McEvoy, Claire Brady, Laoise T Moore and Daniel G Bradley
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1288-1294; advance online publication, September 6, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201709
An intronic variable number of tandem repeat polymorphisms of the cold-induced autoinflammatory syndrome 1 (CIAS1) gene modifies gene expression and is associated with essential hypertension FREE
Toshinori Omi, Maki Kumada, Toyomi Kamesaki, Hiroshi Okuda, Lkhagvasuren Munkhtulga, Yoshiko Yanagisawa, Nanami Utsumi, Takaya Gotoh, Akira Hata, Masayoshi Soma, Satoshi Umemura, Toshio Ogihara, Norio Takahashi, Yasuharu Tabara, Kazuyuki Shimada, Hiroyuki Mano, Eiji Kajii, Tetsuro Miki and Sadahiko Iwamoto
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1295-1305; advance online publication, July 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201698
Refinement of the locus for hereditary congenital facial palsy on chromosome 3q21 in two unrelated families and screening of positional candidate genes FREE
Caroline B Michielse, Meena Bhat, Angela Brady, Hussain Jafrid, José A J M van den Hurk, Yasmin Raashid, Han G Brunner, Hans van Bokhoven and George W Padberg
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1306-1312; advance online publication, August 16, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201706
Short Reports
A novel CSX/NKX2-5 mutation causes autosomal-dominant AV block: are atrial fibrillation and syncopes part of the phenotype? FREE
Ilse Gutierrez-Roelens, Luc De Roy, Caroline Ovaert, Thierry Sluysmans, Koen Devriendt, Han G Brunner and Miikka Vikkula
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1313-1316; advance online publication, August 9, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201702
Heterotaxy and cardiac defect in a girl with chromosome translocation t(X;1)(q26;p13.1) and involvement of ZIC3 FREE
Andreas Tzschach, Maria Hoeltzenbein, Kirsten Hoffmann, Corinna Menzel, Alexander Beyer, Volker Ocker, Goetz Wurster, Martine Raynaud, Hans-Hilger Ropers, Vera Kalscheuer and Helmut Heilbronner
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1317-1320; advance online publication, August 23, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201707
Corrigendum
Novel FGFR3 mutations creating cysteine residues in the extracellular domain of the receptor cause achondroplasia or severe forms of hypochondroplasia FREE
Solange Heuertz, Martine Le Merrer, Bernhard Zabel, Michael Wright, Laurence Legeai-Mallet, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Linda Gibbs and Jacky Bonaventure
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1321; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201745
Errata
A test of homogeneity of Hardy–Weinberg disequilibrium across strata FREE
Xiao-Lin Yin, Wen-Qing Ma, Man-Lai Tang and Jianhua Guo
Eur J Hum Genet 14: 1321; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201746
