Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: Historical, clinicopathological, and etiopathogenetic perspectives

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-304

  Cohen Jr , M Michael ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

11p15; Differentially methylated regions (DMR1 and DMR2); Hemihyperplasia; Hypoglycemia; Imprinted genes; Overgrowth syndromes; Visceromegaly; Wilms tumor

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; BODY GROWTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FUCOSIDOSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 2; GM1 GANGLIOSIDOSIS; GM2 GANGLIOSIDOSIS; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HEMIHYPERTROPHY; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUNTER SYNDROME; HURLER SYNDROME; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MACROGLOSSIA; MANNOSIDOSIS; MAROTEAUX LAMY SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PALLISTER KILLIAN SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOTOS SYNDROME; TRISOMY 21; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 23944520114     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-005-1154-9     Document Type: Review

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