Increased prevalence of imprinting defects in patients with Angelman syndrome born to subfertile couples

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 289-291

  Ludwig, M ^a,b   Katalinic, A ^c   Gross S ^d   Sutcliffe, A ^e   Varon, R ^f   Horsthemke, B ^d  

^a Gynakol Endokrinol/Reprod Med   (Germany)

^b ENDOKRINOLOGIKUM HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBFERTILITY; SUPEROVULATION;

ADULT; ANGELMAN SYNDROME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 17144413341     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.026930     Document Type: Review

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