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Beck-Wiedemann syndrome and Wilms' tumour.
Molecular human reproduction - 1 Feb 1997
Ward A
Abstract excerpt
Patients with rare overgrowth disorders, such as Beck-Wiedemann syndrome and Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, are predisposed to embryonal tumours, including Wilms' tumour of the kidney. Therefore, these disorders offer a link between hyperplastic growth and cancer. Genetic lesions at chromosome 11p15 have been associated with Beck-Wiedemann syndrome and Wilms' tumour for several years and the presence of the gene...
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