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Occurrence of Hepatoblastomas in Patients with Beckwith–Wiedemann Spectrum (BWSp)
29 Apr 2023
Abstract excerpt
Patients with Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), an epigenetic imprinting disorder involving alterations in genes at the 11p15 chromosomal location, are predisposed to develop hepatoblastomas (HBs), which are rare embryonal liver tumors. Tumors can develop after a BWS diagnosis or, conversely, can be the presenting feature leading to a subsequent diagnosis. While HBs are the cardinal tumors of BWS, not all...
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