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Maternally derived 15q11.2-q13.1 duplication and H19-DMR hypomethylation in a patient with Silver-Russell syndrome.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2017
Dateki Sumito, Kagami Masayo, Matsubara Keiko, Izumi Kei, Watanabe Satoshi, Nakatomi Akiko, Kondoh Tatsuro, Fukami Maki, Moriuchi Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a congenital developmental disorder characterized by intrauterine and postnatal growth failure, craniofacial features (including a triangular shaped face and broad forehead), relative macrocephaly, protruding forehead, body asymmetry and feeding difficulties. Hypomethylation of the H19 differentially methylated region (DMR) on chromosome 11p15.5 is the most common cause of the SRS...
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