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Maternal chromosome 7 hetero/isodisomy in Silver-Russell syndrome and PEG1 biallelic expression.
Clinical dysmorphology - 1 Jul 2000
Russo S, Bedeschi M F, Cogliati F, Natacci F, Gianotti A, Parini R, Selicorni A, Larizza L
Abstract excerpt
Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is characterized by a severe intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, relative macrocephaly associated with 'mild' facial anomalies. The diagnostic importance of skeletal asymmetry remains controversial. The aetiology of the syndrome is heterogeneous. Maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7 (mUPD7) has been reported in approximately 7% of patients, but two carriers of...
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