Molecular biology of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 462-469

  Weksberg, Rosanna ^a   Squire, Jeremy A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; chromosome 11p15.5; genomic imprinting; Wilms' tumor

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISOMY; DNA METHYLATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0029848437     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199611)27:5<462::AID-MPO13>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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