Genomic imprinting as a cause of disease

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7424, 2003, Pages 1121-1122

  Clayton Smith, Jill ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CURRICULUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EDITORIAL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0242468720     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7424.1121     Document Type: Editorial

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