title: Assignment of X-linked hydrocephalus to Xq28 by linkage analysis.
abstract: X-linked recessive hydrocephalus (HSAS) occurs at a frequency of approximately 1 per 30,000 male births and consists of hydrocephalus, stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius, mental retardation, spastic paraparesis, and clasped thumbs. Prenatal diagnosis of affected males by ultrasonographic detection of hydrocephalus is unreliable because hydrocephalus may be absent antenatally. Furthermore, carrier detection in females is not possible because they are asymptomatic. Using four families segregating HSAS, we performed linkage analysis with a panel of X-linked probes that detect restriction fragment length polymorphisms. We report here that HSAS, in all tested families, is closely linked to marker loci mapping in Xq28 (DXS52, lod = 6.52 at theta of 0.03; F8, lod = 4.32 at theta of 0.00; DXS15, lod = 3.40 at theta of 0.00). These data assign HSAS to the gene-dense chromosomal band Xq28 and allow for both prenatal diagnosis and carrier detection by linkage analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp-UIA, Wilrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Willems
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dijkstra
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Van der Auwera
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vits
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coucke
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raeymaekers
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van Broeckhoven
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Consalez
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Warren
mesh_terms: D015139:Blotting, Southern; D005260:Female; D006580:Genetic Carrier Screening; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers