Article
Constitutional UPD for chromosome 11p15 in individuals with isolated hemihyperplasia is associated with high tumor risk and occurs following assisted reproductive technologies
12 Jun 2006
Abstract excerpt
Isolated hemihyperplasia (IH) refers to a distinct diagnosis involving asymmetric overgrowth of single or multiple organs or regions of the body and can result from various genomic changes including molecular alterations of 11p15; these are paternal uniparental disomy (UPD), and alterations of methylation at two imprinting centers at 11p15: IC1 (H19) and IC2 (KCNQ1OT1). As little information is available on the...
