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ICR1 epimutations in llp15 are restricted to patients with Silver-Russell syndrome features.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Jan 2008
Eggermann Thomas, Meyer Esther, Caglayan A Okay, Dundar Munis, Schönherr N
Abstract excerpt
(Epi)mutations affecting chromosome llp15 are well known to be associated with growth disturbances. The finding of llp15 mutations in the overgrowth disease Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome led to the identification of imprinted growth-promoting genes which are expressed paternally and of imprinted growth-suppressing genes in the same region that are expressed maternally. An opposite epimutation in the same region is...
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