Lessons from BWS twins: Complex maternal and paternal hypomethylation and a common source of haematopoietic stem cells

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1625-1634

  Bliek, Jet ^a   Alders, Marielle ^a   Maas, Saskia M ^a   Oostra, Roelof Jan ^a   Mackay, Deborah M ^b,c   van der Lip, Karin ^a   Callaway, Johnatan L ^b,c   Brooks, Alice ^d   van't Padje, Sandra ^a   Westerveld, Andries ^a   Leschot, Nico J ^a   Mannens, Marcel M A M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 11P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METHYLATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; DNA METHYLATION; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 70450242951     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.77     Document Type: Article

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