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Epigenotype-phenotype correlations in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 2000
Engel J R, Smallwood A, Harper A, Higgins M J, Oshimura M, Reik W, Schofield P N, Maher E R
Abstract excerpt
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a model imprinting disorder resulting from mutations or epigenetic events involving imprinted genes at chromosome 11p15.5. Thus, germline mutations in CDKN1C, uniparental disomy (UPD), and loss of imprinting of IGF2 and other imprinted genes have been implicated. Many familial BWS cases have germline CDKN1C mutations. However, most BWS cases are sporadic and UPD or putative...
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