Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and assisted reproduction technology (ART) [5]

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-64

  Maher, E R ^a,b   Brueton, L A ^a,b   Bowdin, S C ^b   Luharia, A ^b   Cooper, W ^a   Cole, T R ^a,b   Macdonald, F ^a,b   Sampson, J R ^c   Barratt, C L ^a   Reik, W ^d   Hawkins, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 11; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMBRYO CULTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; PARTURITION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 0037238396     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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