Article
Expression of a high molecular weight form of insulin-like growth factor II in a Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome associated adrenocortical adenoma.
Cancer letters - 20 Jul 1995
Schofield P N, Nystrom A, Smith J, Spitz L, Grant D, Zapf J
Abstract excerpt
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome is a rare condition (1/13,700 live births) occurring in both inherited and sporadic forms in the population. It is manifest as a fetal overgrowth syndrome, in which hypertrophy dominates the clinical picture. An additional complication is that these children are predisposed to a specific subset of childhood neoplasms, amongst which are Wilms' tumour and adrenocortical carcinoma. We...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms
- Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor II
- Male
- Molecular Weight
- Neoplasm Proteins