Epigenetics in Silver-Russell syndrome

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 403-414

  Rossignol, Sylvie ^a   Netchine, Irène ^a   Le Bouc, Yves ^a   Gicquel, Christine ^b  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

chromosome 11p15 region; chromosome 7; genomic imprinting; Silver Russell syndrome; uniparental disomy

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 8; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE MODEL; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONG TERM CARE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SILVER RUSSELL SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; SYNDROME; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

EID: 44449149405     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2008.01.012     Document Type: Review

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