TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 16, Issue 5 (May 2008)
News and Commentary
Modifier Genes and HNPCC: Variable phenotypic expression in HNPCC and the search for modifier genes FREE
Rodney J Scott
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 531-532; advance online publication, February 27, 2008; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2008.46
Warfarin Pharmacogenomics: A big step forward for individualized medicine: enlightened dosing of warfarin FREE
Darlene J Elias and Eric J Topol
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 532-534; advance online publication, February 27, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201945
Practical genetics
Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome: pathogenesis, diagnosis and management FREE
Forbes D Porter
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 535-541; advance online publication, February 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2008.10
Reviews
Searching for genes influencing a complex disease: the case of coeliac disease FREE
Åsa Torinsson Naluai, Henry Ascher, Staffan Nilsson and Jan Wahlström
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 542-553; advance online publication, August 29, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201918
The success of the genome-wide association approach: a brief story of a long struggle FREE
Ku Chee Seng and Chia Kee Seng
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 554-564; advance online publication, February 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2008.12
Articles
MS-MLPA is a specific and sensitive technique for detecting all chromosome 11p15.5 imprinting defects of BWS and SRS in a single-tube experiment FREE
Manuela Priolo, Angela Sparago, Corrado Mammì, Flavia Cerrato, Carmelo Laganà and Andrea Riccio
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 565-571; advance online publication, January 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5202001
Copy number variations in the NF1 gene region are infrequent and do not predispose to recurrent type-1 deletions FREE
Katharina Steinmann, Lan Kluwe, David N Cooper, Hilde Brems, Thomas De Raedt, Eric Legius, Viktor-Felix Mautner and Hildegard Kehrer-Sawatzki
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 572-580; advance online publication, January 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5202002
Sporadic mutations in melanocortin receptor 3 in morbid obese individuals FREE
Monica Mencarelli, Gillian E Walker, Sabrina Maestrini, Luisella Alberti, Barbara Verti, Amelia Brunani, Maria Letizia Petroni, Mariantonella Tagliaferri, Antonio Liuzzi and Anna Maria Di Blasio
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 581-586; advance online publication, January 30, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5202005
No association between MUTYH and MSH6 germline mutations in 64 HNPCC patients FREE
Verena Steinke, Nils Rahner, Monika Morak, Gisela Keller, Hans K Schackert, Heike Görgens, Wolff Schmiegel, Brigitte Royer-Pokora, Wolfgang Dietmaier, Matthias Kloor, Christoph Engel, Peter Propping and Stefan Aretz
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 587-592; advance online publication, February 27, 2008; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2008.26
A splice-site mutation and overexpression of MYO6 cause a similar phenotype in two families with autosomal dominant hearing loss FREE
Nele Hilgert, Vedat Topsakal, Joost van Dinther, Erwin Offeciers, Paul Van de Heyning and Guy Van Camp
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 593-602; advance online publication, January 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5202000
The genetic architecture of fasting plasma triglyceride response to fenofibrate treatment FREE
Jennifer A Smith, Donna K Arnett, Reagan J Kelly, Jose M Ordovas, Yan V Sun, Paul N Hopkins, James E Hixson, Robert J Straka, James M Peacock and Sharon L R Kardia
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 603-613; advance online publication, January 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5202003
Familial deletion within NLGN4 associated with autism and Tourette syndrome FREE
Amy Lawson-Yuen, Juan-Sebastian Saldivar, Steve Sommer and Jonathan Picker
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 614-618; advance online publication, January 30, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5202006
Novel isoforms of the CARD8 (TUCAN) gene evade a nonsense mutation FREE
Richard D Bagnall, Roland G Roberts, Muddassar M Mirza, Toshihiko Torigoe, Natalie J Prescott and Christopher G Mathew
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 619-625; advance online publication, January 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201996
The VNTR 2 repeat in MAOA and delinquent behavior in adolescence and young adulthood: associations and MAOA promoter activity FREE
Guang Guo, Xiao-Ming Ou, Michael Roettger and Jean C Shih
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 626-634; advance online publication, January 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201999
Evaluation of coverage variation of SNP chips for genome-wide association studies FREE
Mingyao Li, Chun Li and Weihua Guan
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 635-643; advance online publication, February 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5202007
Composite measure of linkage disequilibrium for testing interaction between unlinked loci FREE
Xuesen Wu, L Jin and Momiao Xiong
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 644-651; advance online publication, January 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5202004
HHEX gene polymorphisms are associated with type 2 diabetes in the Dutch Breda cohort FREE
Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, N Charlotte Onland-Moret, Timon W van Haeften, Lude Franke, Clara C Elbers, Ronit Shiri-Sverdlov, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Marten H Hofker and Cisca Wijmenga
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 652-656; advance online publication, January 30, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5202008
Book review
Memories from our genes: Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesis FREE
Giuseppe Novelli and Gianmarco Contino
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 657-658; advance online publication, February 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2008.19
Corrigenda
Linkage and association analysis of CACNG3 in childhood absence epilepsy FREE
Kate Everett, Barry Chioza, Jean Aicardi, Harald Aschauer, Oebele Brouwer, Petra Callenbach, Athanasios Covanis, Olivier Dulac, Orvar Eeg-Olofsson, Martha Feucht, Mogens Friis, Françoise Goutieres, Renzo Guerrini, Armin Heils, Marianne Kjeldsen, Anna-Elina Lehesjoki, Andrew Makoff, Rima Nabbout, Ingrid Olsson, Thomas Sander, Auli Sirén, Paul McKeigue, Robert Robinson, Nichole Taske, Michele Rees and Mark Gardiner
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 659-660; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.2008.1
Unexpected genetic heterogeneity in a large consanguineous Brazilian pedigree presenting deafness FREE
Karina Lezirovitz, Eliete Pardono, Maria TB de Mello Auricchio, Fernando L de Carvalho e Silva, Juliana J Lopes, Ronaldo S Abreu-Silva, Jihane Romanos, Ana C Batissoco and Regina C Mingroni-Netto
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 660; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.20082
Repeat expansion in spinocerebellar ataxia type 17 alleles of the TATA-box binding protein gene: an evolutionary approach FREE
Jürgen Tomiuk, Lutz Bachmann, Claudia Bauer, Arndt Rolfs, Ludger Schöls, Christian Roos, Hans Zischler, Mathias M Schuler, Silke Bruntner, Olaf Riess and Peter Bauer
Eur J Hum Genet 16: 661; doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201997
