Nonimmune fetal hydrops and placentomegaly: Diagnosis of familial Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome with trisomy 11p15 using FISH

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-149

  Drut, Rosa Monica ^a   Drut, Ricardo ^a  

^a Hospital de Ninos Sor Maria Ludovica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

FISH; nonimmune hydrops; placentomegaly; trisomy 11p15; Wiedemann Beckwith syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GIGANTISM; HUMAN; HYDROPS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MACROGLOSSIA; NEWBORN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ADULT; BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MALE; PEDIGREE; PLACENTA; TRISOMY;

EID: 0029874214     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960315)62:2<145::AID-AJMG6>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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