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Epigenetic and genetic diagnosis of Silver-Russell syndrome.
Expert review of molecular diagnostics - 1 Jun 2012
Eggermann Thomas, Spengler Sabrina, Gogiel Magdalena, Begemann Matthias, Elbracht Miriam
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Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a congenital imprinting disorder characterized by intrauterine and postnatal growth restriction and further characteristic features. SRS is genetically heterogenous: 7-10% of patients carry a maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7; >38% show a hypomethylation in imprinting control region 1 in 11p15; and a further class of mutations are copy number variations affecting...
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