Clinical and molecular genetic features of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome associated with assisted reproductive technologies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 741-747

  Lim, Derek ^a,b   Bowdin, Sarah C ^a,b   Tee, Louise ^a   Kirby, Gail A ^a   Blair, Edward ^c   Fryer, Alan ^d   Lam, Wayne ^e   Oley, Christine ^a,b   Cole, Trevor ^a,b   Brueton, Louise A ^a,b   Reik, Wolf ^f   Macdonald, Fiona ^b   Maher, Eamonn R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e South East of Scotland Clinical Genetics Service ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies; Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; Epimutations; Imprinting disorder; Loss of methylation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NEOPLASM; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

EID: 61449159829     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den406     Document Type: Article

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