1. Mutation analysis of the coding sequence of the MECP2 gene in infantile autism

   • Kim S. Beyer
   • Francesca Blasi
   •   International Molecular Genetic Study of Autism Consortium (IMGSAC)

   Original Investigation Pages: 305 - 309

2. Evidence for differential S100 gene over-expression in psoriatic patients from genetically heterogeneous pedigrees

   • Sabrina Semprini
   • Francesca Capon
   • Giuseppe Novelli

   Original Investigation Pages: 310 - 313

3. Mutation analysis of five new patients affected by prolidase deficiency: the lack of enzyme activity causes necrosis-like cell death in cultured fibroblasts

   • Antonella Forlino
   • Anna Lupi
   • Giuseppe Cetta

   Original Investigation Pages: 314 - 322

4. Periodic catatonia: confirmation of linkage to chromosome 15 and further evidence for genetic heterogeneity

   • Gerald Stöber
   • Dominik Seelow
   • André Reis

   Original Investigation Pages: 323 - 330

5. Evidence for a founder effect for pseudoxanthoma elasticum in the Afrikaner population of South Africa

   • Olivier Le Saux
   • Konstanze Beck
   • Charles D. Boyd

   Original Investigation Pages: 331 - 338

6. A detailed physical map of the 6p reading disability locus, including new markers and confirmation of recombination suppression

   • Jung Ahn
   • Tae-Woong Won
   • Jeffrey R. Gruen

   Original Investigation Pages: 339 - 349

7. Argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) deficiency: mutation analysis in 27 patients and a completed structure of the human ASL gene

   • Michael Linnebank
   • Eva Tschiedel
   • Hans G. Koch

   Original Investigation Pages: 350 - 359

8. Genetic basis of inosine triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase deficiency

   • Satoshi Sumi
   • Anthony M. Marinaki
   • John A. Duley

   Original Investigation Pages: 360 - 367

9. A novel mutation in the IHH gene causes brachydactyly type A1: a 95-year-old mystery resolved

   • Elizabeth M. McCready
   • Elizabeth Sweeney
   • Dennis E. Bulman

   Original Investigation Pages: 368 - 375

10. Chromosome 7p disruptions in Silver Russell syndrome: delineating an imprinted candidate gene region.

    • David Monk
    • Louise Bentley
    • Gudrun E. Moore

    Original Investigation Pages: 376 - 387

11. Identification of a novel SCA locus (SCA19) in a Dutch autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia family on chromosome region 1p21-q21

    • Dineke S. Verbeek
    • Jurgen H. Schelhaas
    • Richard J. Sinke

    Original Investigation Pages: 388 - 393

12. The prevalence of connexin 26 (GJB2) mutations in the Chinese population

    • Xue Liu
    • Xia Xia
    • Li Xu

    Original Investigation Pages: 394 - 397

13. ELAC2 and prostate cancer risk in Afro-Caribbeans of Tobago

    • Patrick R. Shea
    • Robert E. Ferrell
    • Clareann H. Bunker

    Original Investigation Pages: 398 - 400

14. Assignment of a locus for autosomal dominant idiopathic scoliosis (IS) to human chromosome 17p11

    • Leila Salehi
    • Massimo Mangino
    • Bruno Dallapiccola

    Original Investigation Pages: 401 - 404

15. Duplication of the CYP21A2 gene complicates mutation analysis of steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency: characteristics of three unusual haplotypes

    • Paul F. Koppens
    • Theo Hoogenboezem
    • Herman J. Degenhart

    Original Investigation Pages: 405 - 410

16. Associations between gene expressions in breast cancer and patient survival

    • T.-K. Jenssen
    • W. Kuo
    • E. Hovig

    Original Investigation Pages: 411 - 420

17. Absence of PTPN11 mutations in 28 cases of cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) syndrome

    • Andra Ion
    • Marco Tartaglia
    • Steve Jeffery

    Original Investigation Pages: 421 - 427

18. Linkage of one gene for familial glucocorticoid deficiency type 2 (FGD2) to chromosome 8q and further evidence of heterogeneity

    • Emmanuelle Génin
    • Angela Huebner
    • Danielle Naville

    Original Investigation Pages: 428 - 434

19. Identification and characterisation of novel mammalian homologues of Drosophila polyhomeotic permits new insights into relationships between members of the polyhomeotic family

    • Emma Tonkin
    • Donna-Marie Hagan
    • Tom Strachan

    Original Investigation Pages: 435 - 442

20. Investigation of oxidized LDL-receptor 1 (OLR1) as the candidate gene for Alzheimer's disease on chromosome 12

    • Erin Luedecking-Zimmer
    • Steven T. DeKosky
    • Ilyas M. Kamboh

    Original Investigation Pages: 443 - 451

21. CTLA-4 gene polymorphisms in systemic lupus erythematosus: a highly significant association with a determinant in the promoter region

    • Lori L. Hudson
    • Keith Rocca
    • Janardan P. Pandey

    Original Investigation Pages: 452 - 455

22. A novel locus for Meckel-Gruber syndrome, MKS3, maps to chromosome 8q24

    • Neil V. Morgan
    • Paul Gissen
    • Colin A. Johnson

    Original Investigation Pages: 456 - 461

23. Mitochondrial DNA 5178A polymorphism and longevity

    • Yong-Gang Yao
    • Qing-Peng Kong
    • Ya-Ping Zhang

    Short Report Pages: 462 - 463

24. Mutations in PATCHED-1, the receptor for SONIC HEDGEHOG, are associated with holoprosencephaly

    • Jeffrey E. Ming
    • Michelle E. Kaupas
    • Maximilian Muenke

    Erratum Pages: 464 - 464

25. Molecular characterisation of t(17;22)(q11.2;q11.2) is not consistent with NF1 gene duplication

    • Hildegard Kehrer-Sawatzki
    • Günter Assum
    • Horst Hameister

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 465 - 467

26. Genomic evidence versus characterisation of a single (17;22) translocation on NF1 gene duplication: lessons from deletions in "balanced" chromosomal rearrangements. Reply

    • Paola Riva
    • Cristina Gervasini
    • Lidia Larizza

    Letter to the Editors Pages: 468 - 469

27. Folate and human development

    • Alan Fryer

    Book Review Pages: 470 - 471

28. Frontiers of hormone research (series editor: A.B. Grossman), volume 28: genetic disorders of endocrine neoplasia

    • Simon Pearce

    Book Review Pages: 472 - 472

29. Derek Chadwick, Jamie Goode (eds): The Genetics and Biology of Sex Determination (Novartis Symposium 244)

    • Andy Greenfield

    Book Review Pages: 473 - 474

30. October 2002

    Announcements Pages: 475 - 475