mnoMEETINGS ON CLINICAL GENETICS
SIGU
(Italian Society of Human Genetics)
 


Monday 14.04.2008 (1/08)

Aula Magna Presidenza Medicina
Ospedale Careggi, Firenze

Coordinator: Prof. Romano Tenconi - University of Padova
 

PROGRAM

10:45

Opening, short communications & election of Clinical Genetics coordinator (R. Tenconi, Padova)

11:15

Seminars:

- Hereditary metabolic disorders: from clinics to molecular diagnosis. Cardiomiopathies as an example (E. Zammarchi, M. Donati, A. Morrone, Firenze)

- Phenotype and genotype correlation in Argininosuccinic aciduria: a yeast model (E. Trevisson, Padova).

12:45

New and ongoing projects:
 
- Pericentrinopathies (L. Chessa, Roma)

- Glossary of phenotypic anomalies: the ear (M. Della Monica, Benevento)

Ongoing projects:

Educational:

- Medical Genetics as an European Medical speciality (A. Renieri, Siena)

13:30

Lunch

14:00

Papers submitted/in press

- Diverse driving forces underlie the invariant occurrence of the T42A, E139D, I282V and T468M SHP2 amino acid substitutions
causing Noonan and LEOPARD syndromes (M. Tartaglia, ISS Roma)

- A recurrent microdeletion syndrome with a candidate gene for epilepsy (C. Romano, Troina)

14:20
 

Follow-up of previously presented cases:
 

Presented by

Diagnostic suspicion

Discussant

S. Marelli (R. Borgatti, Bosisio Parini) Mowat Wilson s.? presented on April 2nd, 2007 L. Garavelli
 
Presentation and discussion of new cases:
 

Presented by

Diagnostic suspicion Discussant
D. Greco (C. Romano, Troina) MCA/MR   
M. Della Monica (G. Scarano, Benevento) Melnick-Needles s.?  
P. Ferrari (Modena) Angelman s.? M. Zollino
K. Ludwig (R. Tenconi, Padova) MCA/MR and cutaneous anomalies G. B. Ferrero
F. Mari (A. Renieri, Siena) NF1/Carney complex C. Marzocchi
M. Zollino (Roma) Angelman s.? C. Romano
M. L. Giovannucci Uzielli (Firenze) Hereditary Gingival Fibromatosis with Hypertrichosis? A. Bonfante
 
17.00
 
End of meeting