Placentomegaly in Paternal Uniparental Disomy for Human Chromosome 14

Placenta

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 760-761

  Kagami, M ^a   Yamazawa, K ^a   Matsubara, K ^a   Matsuo, N ^b   Ogata, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b Nerima General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 14; DNA METHYLATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; HYPERPLASIA; KARYOTYPING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTOMEGALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX MALFORMATION; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

EID: 49049118829     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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