Addition of H19 'loss of methylation testing' for Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) increases the diagnostic yield

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 576-588

  Lennerz, Jochen K ^a,b   Timmerman, Robert J ^c   Grange, Dorothy K ^b   DeBaun, Michael R ^b   Feinberg, Andrew P ^d   Zehnbauer, Barbara A ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA H19;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME IMPRINTING; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RNA METHYLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 77956864599     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/jmoldx.2010.100005     Document Type: Article

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