Constitutional H19 hypermethylation in a patient with isolated cardiac tumor

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2126-2129

  Descartes, Maria ^a   Romp, Robb ^b   Franklin, Judy ^a   Biggio, Joseph R ^a,b   Zehnbauer, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; BWS; H19 hypermethylation; Isolated cardiac tumor

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; H19 GENE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 49449113649     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32421     Document Type: Article

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