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Assessment of p57(KIP2) gene mutation in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2000
Gaston V, Le Bouc Y, Soupre V, Vazquez M P, Gicquel C
Abstract excerpt
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is an overgrowth disorder involving developmental anomalies, tissue and organ hyperplasia and an increased risk of embryonic tumours (most commonly Wilms' tumour). This multigenic disorder is caused by dysregulation of the expression of imprinted genes in the 11p15 chromosomal region. It may involve paternal uniparental disomy (UPD), loss of imprinting of the IGF2 gene, maternal...
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