Children with idiopathic hemihypertrophy and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome have different constitutional epigenotypes associated with Wilms tumor

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 887-891

  Niemitz, Emily L ^a   Feinberg, Andrew P ^a   Brandenburg, Sheri A ^a   Grundy, Paul E ^b   DeBaun, Michael R ^c,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Campus Box 8519 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 11P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEMIHYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27244451966     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497540     Document Type: Article

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