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A 132 bp deletion affecting the KCNQ1OT1 gene associated with Silver-Russell syndrome clinical phenotype.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 2023
Gaudet Marie Véronique, Allain Eric Pierre, Gallant Lynne M, Arts Heleen H, Ben Amor Mouna
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Imprinting centre 2 (IC2) in the chromosomal region 11p15.5 regulates the monoallelic expression of imprinted genes by differential methylation of paternal and maternal chromosomes. Copy number variants in IC2 are associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS). Clinical outcome of IC2 deletions seems to depend on the parental origin of the chromosome, deletion size and...
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