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Submicroscopic chromosomal imbalances in idiopathic Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS): the SRS phenotype overlaps with the 12q14 microdeletion syndrome.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 May 2010
Spengler S, Schönherr N, Binder G, Wollmann H A, Fricke-Otto S, Mühlenberg R, Denecke B, Baudis M, Eggermann T
Abstract excerpt
Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a heterogeneous disorder associated with intrauterine and postnatal growth restriction, body asymmetry, a relative macrocephaly, a characteristic triangular face and further dysmorphisms. In about 50% of patients, genetic/epigenetic alterations can be detected: >38% of patients show a hypomethylation of the IGF2/H19 imprinting region in 11p15, whereas the additional 10% carry a...
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