To the Editor : Mutations in SLC9A6 are associated with Christianson syndrome, a syndromic form of X-linked intellectual disability characterized by severe intellectual disability, acquired microcephaly, seizures and ataxia (1, 2). Only nine mutations and two genomic aberrations involving SLC9A6 have been reported to date (1–7). Here, we report on two German families with novel SLC9A6 mutations...

Adult height is associated with testicular cancer risk. We studied to what extent this association is explained by parental height, childhood height and age at puberty. We conducted a case-control study on germ-cell testicular cancer patients diagnosed in 1997-2008 and resident in the Province of Turin. Information was collected using mailed questionnaires in 2008-2011. Specifically, we asked f...

INTRODUCTION Short-term studies have shown that inhaled corticosteroids may retard the growth of children with asthma. The effect of long-term treatment on adult height is, however, uncertain. MATERIAL AND METHODS We conducted a prospective study of children with asthma to examine the effect of long-term treatment with inhaled budesonide on adult height. We report on 211 children who have att...

The present study evaluated the effects of different cutting height on nutritive value, fermentation quality, in vitro and in vivo digestibility of whole crop barley silage. Whole crop barley forage (Yuyeon hybrid) was harvested at height of 5, 10, and 15 cm from the ground level. Each cutting height was rolled to make round bale and ensiled for 100 days. After 100 days of ensiling, pH of silag...

BACKGROUND Dystocia is one of the important causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in low-income countries. This study was aimed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of maternal anthropometric measurements as predictors for dystocia in nulliparous women. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective cohort study was conducted on 447 nulliparous women who referred to Omolbanin hospital. Several m...

populus alba because of fast growing and relatively adapting to dry and semi-dry climate conditions and p.euphratica because of salt tolerating are important as native species. cuttings of 18 clones (p.alba x p.euphratica), a single reciprocal crossed clone (p. euphratica x alba) and 2 other p. alba clones were planted, surveyed under a rcbd with 3 replications each of which including 10 indivi...

determination of birth indices is essential for primary supportive care, evaluation of perinatal anomalies, determination amount of difference from standard values and for further follow up. in this study using a multicentre sampling, a number of 2832 healthy neonates selected. mean and percentile values of four main birth indices; weight, height, head and chest circumference are presented. in ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether changing social structure and social mobility related to height generate (inflate) inequalities in height. DESIGN Longitudinal 1958 British birth cohort study. SETTING England, Scotland, and Wales. PARTICIPANTS 10 176 people born 3-9 March 1958 for whom data were available at age 33 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Adult height and social class at age 33 ye...

Abstract Mangrove is a renewable resource that provides services related to the environment, such as abrasion protection, seawater control of incursion, reduction sea wave height and speed, cleaning water contaminants, among others, important support living beings. Its objectives include study evaluate impact planting distance from beach which useful for increasing growth mangrove ecosystem typ...

The accuracy of height predictions at various ages based on five different methods (Tanner-Whitehouse mark I; Tanner-Whitehouse mark II; index of potential height; Bayley-Pinneau; Roche-Wainer-Thissen) was compared at yearly intervals with final height achieved in 32 boys (78 predictions) and 100 girls (227 predictions) with constitutionally tall stature. The boys were initially seen at a mean ...