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Epigenetic modification and uniparental inheritance of H19 in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 May 1997
Catchpoole D, Lam W W, Valler D, Temple I K, Joyce J A, Reik W, Schofield P N, Maher E R
Abstract excerpt
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a congenital overgrowth syndrome associated with a characteristic pattern of visceromegaly and predisposition to childhood tumours. BWS is a genetically heterogeneous disorder; most cases are sporadic but approximately 15% are familial and a small number of BWS patients have cytogenetic abnormalities involving chromosome 11p15. Genomic imprinting effects have been implicated...
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