TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 17, Issue 11 (November 2009)
Obituary
JEAN B DAUSSET, 19 OCTOBER 1916–6 JUNE 2009
Jean-Louis Mandel, Mark Lathrop and Howard M Cann
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1365-1366; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.150
Practical Genetics
Angelman syndrome (AS, MIM 105830) FREE
Griet Van Buggenhout and Jean-Pierre Fryns
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1367-1373; advance online publication, May 20, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.67
Policy
Council of Europe adopts protocol on genetic testing for health purposes
Laurence Lwoff
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1374-1377; advance online publication, July 1, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.84
Letter
Mutation in the SLC9A6 gene is not a frequent cause of sporadic Angelman-like syndrome
Yann Fichou, Nadia Bahi-Buisson, Juliette Nectoux, Jamel Chelly, Delphine Héron, Laurence Cuisset and Thierry Bienvenu
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1378-1380; advance online publication, May 27, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.82
Articles
Risk-reducing surgery for ovarian cancer: outcomes in 300 surgeries suggest a low peritoneal primary risk
D Gareth R Evans, Richard Clayton, Paul Donnai, Andrew Shenton and Fiona Lalloo
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1381-1385; advance online publication, April 15, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.60
Diagnostic value of post-heparin lipase testing in detecting common genetic variants in the LPL and LIPC genes
Mandy van Hoek, Geesje M Dallinga-Thie, Ewout W Steyerberg and Eric J G Sijbrands
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1386-1393; advance online publication, April 15, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.61
A new diagnostic workflow for patients with mental retardation and/or multiple congenital abnormalities: test arrays first
Antoinet CJ Gijsbers, Janet YK Lew, Cathy AJ Bosch, Janneke HM Schuurs-Hoeijmakers, Arie van Haeringen, Nicolette S den Hollander, Sarina G Kant, Emilia K Bijlsma, Martijn H Breuning, Egbert Bakker and Claudia AL Ruivenkamp
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1394-1402; advance online publication, May 13, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.74
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for myotonic dystrophy type 1: upon request to child
Marjan De Rademaeker, Willem Verpoest, Martine De Rycke, Sara Seneca, Karen Sermon, Sonja Desmyttere, Maryse Bonduelle, Josianne Van der Elst, Paul Devroey and Inge Liebaers
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1403-1410; advance online publication, April 15, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.56
Homozygosity for a null allele of COL3A1 results in recessive Ehlers–Danlos syndrome
Aurélie Plancke, Muriel Holder-Espinasse, Valérie Rigau, Sylvie Manouvrier, Mireille Claustres and Philippe Khau Van Kien
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1411-1416; advance online publication, May 20, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.76
Novel SOX2 partner-factor domain mutation in a four-generation family
Marija Mihelec, Peter Abraham, Kate Gibson, Renata Krowka, Rachel Susman, Rebecca Storen, Yongjuan Chen, Jenny Donald, Patrick PL Tam, John R Grigg, Maree Flaherty, Glen A Gole and Robyn V Jamieson
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1417-1422; advance online publication, May 27, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.79
Separation of the PROX1 gene from upstream conserved elements in a complex inversion/translocation patient with hypoplastic left heart
Harinder K Gill, Sian R Parsons, Cosma Spalluto, Angela F Davies, Victoria J Knorz, Clare EG Burlinson, Bee Ling Ng, Nigel P Carter, Caroline Mackie Ogilvie, David I Wilson and Roland G Roberts
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1423-1431; advance online publication, May 27, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.91
Split hand/foot malformation due to chromosome 7q aberrations(SHFM1): additional support for functional haploinsufficiency as the causative mechanism
Anneke T van Silfhout, Peter C van den Akker, Trijnie Dijkhuizen, Joke B G M Verheij, Maran J W Olderode-Berends, Klaas Kok, Birgit Sikkema-Raddatz and Conny M A van Ravenswaaij-Arts
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1432-1438; advance online publication, April 29, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.72
Characterization of deletions at 9p affecting the candidate regions for sex reversal and deletion 9p syndrome by MLPA
Michela Barbaro, Antonio Balsamo, Britt Marie Anderlid, Anne Grethe Myhre, Monia Gennari, Annalisa Nicoletti, Maria Carla Pittalis, Mikael Oscarson and Anna Wedell
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1439-1447; advance online publication, May 6, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.70
Phosphodiesterase 4D and 5-lipoxygenase activating protein genes and risk of ischemic stroke in Sardinians
Giovanni Quarta, Rosita Stanzione, Anna Evangelista, Bastianina Zanda, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Simona Marchitti, Sara Di Castro, Marta Di Vavo, Massimo Volpe and Speranza Rubattu
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1448-1453; advance online publication, May 6, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.71
A critical assessment of the factors affecting reporter gene assays for promoter SNP function: a reassessment of -308 TNF polymorphism function using a novel integrated reporter system
Mahdad Karimi, Lauren C Goldie, Mark N Cruickshank, Eric K Moses and Lawrence J Abraham
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1454-1462; advance online publication, May 27, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.80
Expression of SNURF–SNRPN upstream transcripts and epigenetic regulatory genes during human spermatogenesis
Michaela Wawrzik, Andrej-Nikolai Spiess, Ralf Herrmann, Karin Buiting and Bernhard Horsthemke
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1463-1470; advance online publication, May 27, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.83
Impact of BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants on splicing: clues from an allelic imbalance study
Virginie Caux-Moncoutier, Sabine Pagès-Berhouet, Dorothée Michaux, Bernard Asselain, Laurent Castéra, Antoine De Pauw, Bruno Buecher, Marion Gauthier-Villars, Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet and Claude Houdayer
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1471-1480; advance online publication, May 27, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.89
Functional identification of the promoter of SLC4A5, a gene associated with cardiovascular and metabolic phenotypes in the HERITAGE Family Study
Adrian M Stütz, Margarita Teran-Garcia, D C Rao, Treva Rice, Claude Bouchard and Tuomo Rankinen
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1481-1489; advance online publication, April 22, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.64
Isolated populations as treasure troves in genetic epidemiology: the case of the Basques
Paolo Garagnani, Hafid Laayouni, Anna González-Neira, Martin Sikora, Donata Luiselli, Jaume Bertranpetit and Francesc Calafell
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1490-1494; advance online publication, May 6, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.69
A heterozygote–homozygote test of Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium
Jin J Zhou, Kenneth Lange, Jeanette C Papp and Janet S Sinsheimer
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1495-1500; advance online publication, April 15, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.57
The role of mitochondrial genome in essential hypertension in a Chinese Han population
Hai-Yan Zhu, Shi-Wen Wang, Lisa J Martin, Li Liu, Yan-Hua Li, Rui Chen, Lin Wang, Min-Lu Zhang and D Woodrow Benson
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1501-1506; advance online publication, April 29, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.63
A genome-wide scan of 10 000 gene-centric variants and colorectal cancer risk
Emily Webb, Peter Broderick, Steven Lubbe, Ian Chandler, Ian Tomlinson and Richard S Houlston
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1507-1514; advance online publication, May 27, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.92
Short Reports
Human longevity and 11p15.5: a study in 1321 centenarians
Francesco Lescai, Helene Blanché, Almut Nebel, Marian Beekman, Mourad Sahbatou, Friederike Flachsbart, Eline Slagboom, Stefan Schreiber, Sandro Sorbi, Giuseppe Passarino and Claudio Franceschi
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1515-1519; advance online publication, April 15, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.54
J1-M267 Y lineage marks climate-driven pre-historical human displacements
Sergio Tofanelli, Gianmarco Ferri, Kazima Bulayeva, Laura Caciagli, Valerio Onofri, Luca Taglioli, Oleg Bulayev, Ilaria Boschi, Milena Alù, Andrea Berti, Cesare Rapone, Giovanni Beduschi, Donata Luiselli, Alicia M Cadenas, Khalid Dafaallah Awadelkarim, Renato Mariani-Costantini, Nasr Eldin Elwali, Fabio Verginelli, Elena Pilli, Rene J Herrera, Leonor Gusmão, Giorgio Paoli and Cristian Capelli
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1520-1524; advance online publication, April 15, 2009; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.58
Book Review
Syndrome diagnosis on the ward
The difficulty to classify complex dysmorphic syndromes on the ward
Albert Schinzel
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1525; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.105
Erratum
Prevalence data on all Ghent features in a cross-sectional study of 87 adults with proven Marfan syndrome FREE
Svend Rand-Hendriksen, Rigmor Lundby, Lena Tjeldhorn, Kai Andersen, Jon Offstad, Svein Ove Semb, Hans-Jørgen Smith, Benedicte Paus and Odd Geiran
Eur J Hum Genet 17: 1526; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.65
