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Searching for genomic variants in IGF2 and CDKN1C in Silver-Russell syndrome patients.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Jul 2004
Obermann Caitriona, Meyer Esther, Prager Sebastian, Tomiuk Jürgen, Wollmann Hartmut A, Eggermann Thomas
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Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a heterogeneous syndrome with evidence for a substantial role of genetic factors in its etiology. Apart from other specific clinical features, severe intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation are the dominant characteristics of SRS. Therefore, studies on the genetic basis of the disease focus on genes involved in growth and its regulation. Another key for the identification of...
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