Origin and mechanisms of formation of fetus-in-fetu: Two cases with genotype and methylation analyses

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 140, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1737-1743

  Miura, Shoko ^a,e   Miura, Kiyonori ^a   Yamamoto, Toshiyuki ^b   Yamanaka, Michiko ^b   Saito, Keisuke ^b   Hirabuki, Tomoo ^b   Kurosawa, Kenji ^b   Harada, Naoki ^d,e   Ishizaki Yamasaki, Yoko ^a,e   Matsumoto, Naomichi ^c,e   Hirahara, Fumiki ^c   Yoshiura, Koh Ichiro ^a,e   Masuzaki, Hideaki ^a   Niikawa, Norio ^a,e  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Kyushu Medical Science   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetus in fetu; Genotype; Mechanism of formation; Methylation status; Origin

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; GENOMIC DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CASE REPORT; DNA METHYLATION; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS IN FETU; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TERATOMA;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SULFITES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33746594112     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31362     Document Type: Article

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