Positional cloning of genes involved in the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, hemihypertrophy, and associated childhood tumors

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 490-494

  Mannens, Marcel ^a,e   Alders, Marielle ^a   Redeker, Bert ^a   Bliek, Jet ^a   Steenman, Marja ^a   Wiesmeyer, Carien ^a   De Meulemeester, Maurice ^a   Ryan, Andy ^d   Kalikin, Linda ^c   Voûte, Tom ^b   De Kraker, Jan ^b   Hoovers, Jan ^a   Slater, Rosalyn ^a   Feinberg, Andy ^c   Little, Peter ^d   Westerveld, Andries ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; childhood tumors; chromosome 11p; chromosome 1p; hemihypertrophy; positional cloning

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME LOSS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMIHYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 10144227776     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199611)27:5<490::AID-MPO17>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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