The proceedings of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) congress held in Genoa, Italy, on May 17–20, 1997 have now appeared in volume 2 of Medizinische Genetik, volume’ 97. The selected abstracts can now be referenced as published in Medizinische Genetik.

The ESHG thanks the editor-in-chief, Christine Scholtz, and the head of the editorial board, Prof. Murken, for having accepted to offer a full issue of their journal for the publication of the proceedings.