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Clinical features of maternal uniparental disomy 14 in patients with an epimutation and a deletion of the imprinted DLK1/GTL2 gene cluster.
Human mutation - 1 Sept 2008
Buiting Karin, Kanber Deniz, Martín-Subero José I, Lieb Wolfgang, Terhal Paulien, Albrecht Beate, Purmann Sabine, Gross Stephanie, Lich Christina, Siebert Reiner, Horsthemke Bernhard, Gillessen-Kaesbach Gabriele
Abstract excerpt
Maternal uniparental disomy 14 [upd(14)mat] is associated with a recognizable phenotype that includes pre- and postnatal growth retardation, neonatal hypotonia, feeding problems and precocious puberty. Chromosome 14 contains an imprinted gene cluster, which is regulated by a differentially methylated region (IG-DMR) between DLK1 and GTL2. Here we report on four patients with clinical features of upd(14)mat who...
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