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Epimutation of the TNDM locus and the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome centromeric locus in individuals with transient neonatal diabetes mellitus.
Human genetics - 1 Mar 2006
Mackay D J G, Hahnemann J M D, Boonen S E, Poerksen S, Bunyan D J, White H E, Durston V J, Thomas N S, Robinson D O, Shield J P H, Clayton-Smith J, Temple I K
Abstract excerpt
Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus (TNDM) is characterised by intra-uterine growth retardation, while Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a clinically heterogeneous overgrowth syndrome. Both TNDM and BWS may be caused by aberrant loss of methylation (LOM) at imprinted loci on chromosomes 6q24 and 11p15.5 respectively. Here we describe two patients with a clinical diagnosis of TNDM caused by LOM at the...
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