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Paternal deletion of the 11p15.5 centromeric-imprinting control region is associated with alteration of imprinted gene expression and recurrent severe intrauterine growth restriction.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 2013
De Crescenzo Agostina, Sparago Angela, Cerrato Flavia, Palumbo Orazio, Carella Massimo, Miceli Marco, Bronshtein Moshe, Riccio Andrea, Yaron Yuval
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Heterogeneous molecular defects affecting the 11p15.5 imprinted gene cluster are associated with the opposite growth disorders Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) and Silver Russell syndrome (SRS). Maternal deletions of the centromeric domain usually result in BWS, but paternal deletions have been so far associated with normal phenotype. Here we describe a case of recurrent severe Intra-Uterine Growth...
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