A case report and review of the literature indicate that HMGA2 should be added as a disease gene for Silver-Russell syndrome.

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Patients with Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS), a syndromic growth retardation syndrome, usually harbor an epimutation at chromosome 11p15 or a maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7. However, to date the genetic cause remains unknown in around 40% of SRS cases, suggesting genetic heterogeneity and involvement of other genes. We present a 4-year-old female patient with the clinical diagnosis of SRS and negative...

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