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Familial Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome in a multigenerational family: Forty years of careful phenotyping.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Feb 2023
Best Lyle G, Duffy Kelly A, George Andrew M, Ganguly Arupa, Kalish Jennifer M
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Beckwith-Wiedemann Spectrum (BWSp) is an overgrowth and cancer predisposition disorder characterized by a wide spectrum of phenotypic manifestations including macroglossia, abdominal wall defects, neonatal hypoglycemia, and predisposition to embryonal tumors. In 1981, Best and Hoekstra reported four patients with BWSp in a single family which suggested autosomal dominant inheritance, but standard clinical testing...
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