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Association between Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and assisted reproductive technology: a case series of 19 patients.
Fertility and sterility - 1 Feb 2005
Chang Aimee S, Moley Kelle H, Wangler Michael, Feinberg Andrew P, Debaun Michael R
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OBJECTIVE: An association between assisted reproductive technique (ART) and specific imprinting mutations, such as Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), has recently been documented. Based on experiments in farm animals that demonstrated an association between alterations in culture media during ART and large offspring syndrome, we hypothesized that the culture media could be implicated as a common factor among the...
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