Genetic and epigenetic analysis of recurrent hydatidiform mole

Human Mutation

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Hayward, Bruce E ^a   De Vos, Michel ^a   Talati, Nargese ^b   Abdollahi, M Reza ^a   Taylor, Graham R ^a   Meyer, Esther ^c   Williams, Denise ^c   Maher, Eamonn R ^c   Setna, Faridon ^b   Nazir, Kausar ^b   Hussaini, Shahnaz ^d   Jafri, Hussain ^a,e   Rashid, Yasmin ^e   Sheridan, Eamonn ^a   Bonthron, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Lady Dufferin Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^e KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive; Epigenetics; Hydatidiform mole; Imprinting; NLRP7

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FAMILIAL BIPARENTAL HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MUTATOR GENE; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LEUCINE RICH REPEAT AND PYRIN DOMAIN CONTAINING 7 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 66749144959     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.20993     Document Type: Article

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