TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 53, Issue 8 (August 2008)
Original Articles
Mutational analysis of ATP7B gene in Egyptian children with Wilson disease: 12 novel mutations
Tawhida Y Abdelghaffar, Solaf M Elsayed, Ezzat Elsobky, Bettina Bochow, Janine Büttner and Hartmut Schmidt
J Hum Genet 53: 681-687; advance online publication, May 16, 2008; doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0298-7
Does increased nuchal translucency indicate a fetal abnormality? A retrospective study to clarify the clinical significance of nuchal translucency in Japan
Shigo Yoshida, Kiyonori Miura, Kentaro Yamasaki, Shoko Miura, Takako Shimada, Terumi Tanigawa, Atsushi Yoshida, Daisuke Nakayama and Hideaki Masuzaki
J Hum Genet 53: 688-693; advance online publication, May 24, 2008; doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0299-6
Association of genetic variations of genes encoding thrombospondin, type 1, domain-containing 4 and 7A with low bone mineral density in Japanese women with osteoporosis
Seijiro Mori, Ikuyo Kou, Hidenori Sato, Mitsuru Emi, Hideki Ito, Takayuki Hosoi and Shiro Ikegawa
J Hum Genet 53: 694-697; advance online publication, May 17, 2008; doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0300-4
Reconstructing the origin of the Lapita Cultural Complex: mtDNA analyses of East Sepik Province, PNG
Miguel G Vilar, Akira Kaneko, Francis W Hombhanje, Takahiro Tsukahara, Ilomo Hwaihwanje and J Koji Lum
J Hum Genet 53: 698-708; advance online publication, May 23, 2008; doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0301-3
The SCARB1 gene is associated with lipid response to dietary and pharmacological interventions
Yongjun Liu, Jose M Ordovas, Guimin Gao, Michael Province, Robert J Straka, Michael Y Tsai, Chao-Qiang Lai, Kui Zhang, Ingrid Borecki, James E Hixson, David B Allison and Donna K Arnett
J Hum Genet 53: 709-717; advance online publication, June 10, 2008; doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0302-2
Adiponectin gene ADIPOQ SNP associations with serum adiponectin in two female populations and effects of SNPs on promoter activity
Theodosios Kyriakou, Laura J Collins, Nicola J Spencer-Jones, Claire Malcolm, Xiaoling Wang, Harold Snieder, Ramasamyiyer Swaminathan, Keith A Burling, Deborah J Hart, Tim D Spector and Sandra D O'Dell
J Hum Genet 53: 718-727; advance online publication, June 4, 2008; doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0303-1
Association study of the C3 gene with adult and childhood asthma
Hiroki Inoue, Yoichi Mashimo, Makiko Funamizu, Naoki Shimojo, Koichi Hasegawa, Tomomitsu Hirota, Satoru Doi, Makoto Kameda, Akihiko Miyatake, Yoichi Kohno, Yoshitaka Okamoto, Mayumi Tamari, Akira Hata and Yoichi Suzuki
J Hum Genet 53: 728-738; advance online publication, June 20, 2008; doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0304-0
Two-stage designs to identify the effects of SNP combinations on complex diseases
Guolian Kang, Weihua Yue, Jifeng Zhang, Marianne Huebner, Handi Zhang, Yan Ruan, Tianlan Lu, Yansu Ling, Yijun Zuo and Dai Zhang
J Hum Genet 53: 739-746; advance online publication, June 27, 2008; doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0307-x
Grouping preprocess to accurately extend application of EM algorithm to haplotype inference
Hiroyuki Shindo, Hiroshi Chigira, Junji Tanaka, Naoyuki Kamatani and Masato Inoue
J Hum Genet 53: 747-756; advance online publication, June 25, 2008; doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0308-9
Significant association of ABCG8:D19H gene polymorphism with hypercholesterolemia and insulin resistance
Zhih-Cherng Chen, Shyi-Jang Shin, Kung-Kai Kuo, Kun-Der Lin, Ming-Lung Yu and Pi-Jung Hsiao
J Hum Genet 53: 757-763; advance online publication, June 26, 2008; doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0310-2
Short Communications
A compound heterozygote of novel and recurrent DTDST mutations results in a novel intermediate phenotype of Desbuquois dysplasia, diastrophic dysplasia, and recessive form of multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
Atsushi Miyake, Gen Nishimura, Toru Futami, Hirofumi Ohashi, Kazuhiro Chiba, Yoshiaki Toyama, Tatsuya Furuichi and Shiro Ikegawa
J Hum Genet 53: 764-768; advance online publication, June 14, 2008; doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0305-z
SCN1A, SCN1B, and GABRG2 gene mutation analysis in Chinese families with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus
Huihui Sun, Yuehua Zhang, Jianmin Liang, Xiaoyan Liu, Xiuwei Ma, Husheng Wu, Keming Xu, Jiong Qin, Yu Qi and Xiru Wu
J Hum Genet 53: 769-774; advance online publication, June 20, 2008; doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0306-y
