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No evidence for pathogenic variants or maternal effect of ZFP57 as the cause of Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2012
Boonen Susanne E, Hahnemann Johanne M D, Mackay Deborah, Tommerup Niels, Brøndum-Nielsen Karen, Tümer Zeynep, Grønskov Karen
Abstract excerpt
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is an overgrowth syndrome, which, in 50-60% of sporadic cases, is caused by hypomethylation of KCNQ1OT1 differentially methylated region (DMR) at chromosome 11p15.5. The underlying defect of this hypomethylation is largely unknown. Recently, recessive mutations o...
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