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Examinations of maternal uniparental disomy and epimutations for chromosomes 6, 14, 16 and 20 in Silver-Russell syndrome-like phenotypes.
BMC medical genetics - 11 Mar 2016
Sachwitz Jana, Strobl-Wildemann Getrud, Fekete György, Ambrozaitytė Laima, Kučinskas Vaidutis, Soellner Lukas, Begemann Matthias, Eggermann Thomas
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BACKGROUND: Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a growth retardation disorder with a very broad molecular and clinical spectrum. Whereas the association of SRS with imprinting disturbances of chromosomes 11p15.5 and 7 is generally accepted, there are controversial discussions on the involvement of other molecular changes. The recent reports on the occurrence of maternal uniparental disomies of chromosomes 6, 16 and...
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