Inheritance pattern of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome is heterogeneous in 291 families with an affected proband

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 137 A, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-21

  Wangler, Michael F ^a   An, Ping ^a   Feinberg, Andrew P ^b   Province, Michael ^a   DeBaun, Michael R ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal heterogeneity; Familial aggregation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 11P; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INHERITANCE; MACROGLOSSIA; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE;

EID: 23344432130     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30827     Document Type: Article

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