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The heterogeneity of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia in 19 patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome due to KvDMR1 hypomethylation.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Jan 2015
Senniappan Senthil, Ismail Dunia, Shipster Caroleen, Beesley Clare, Hussain Khalid
Abstract excerpt
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is an overgrowth syndrome caused by multiple epigenetic and genetic changes affecting imprinted genes on chromosome 11p15.5. Hypomethylation of KvDMR1 on the maternal allele is the most common genetic cause, and hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia (HH) is the most common biochemical abnormality. We evaluated the correlation between severity of HH and degree of hypomethylation in BWS....
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