DNA methylation studies on imprinted loci in a male monozygotic twin pair discordant for Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 546-553

  Tierling, S ^a   Souren, N Y ^b,c   Reither, S ^a   Zang, K D ^d   Meng Hentschel, J ^d   Leitner, D ^d   Oehl Jaschkowitz, B ^e   Walter, J ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Dept of Pediat Hematol and Oncol   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beckwith; Discordant twins; DNA methylation; IGF2 DMR2; KvDMR1 hypomethylation; Monozygotic twins; Wiedemann syndrome

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADULT; BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

EID: 79955640785     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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