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Growth Restriction and Genomic Imprinting-Overlapping Phenotypes Support the Concept of an Imprinting Network.
Genes - 17 Apr 2021
Eggermann Thomas, Davies Justin H, Tauber Maithé, van den Akker Erica, Hokken-Koelega Anita, Johansson Gudmundur, Netchine Irène
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Intrauterine and postnatal growth disturbances are major clinical features of imprinting disorders, a molecularly defined group of congenital syndromes caused by molecular alterations affecting parentally imprinted genes. These genes are expressed monoallelically and in a parent-of-origin manner, and they have an impact on human growth and development. In fact, several genes with an exclusive expression from the...
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