Brain abnormalities in patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 158 A, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1388-1394

  Gardiner, Kate ^a   Chitayat, David ^b,c   Choufani, Sanaa ^c   Shuman, Cheryl ^c   Blaser, Susan ^c   Terespolsky, Deborah ^d   Farrell, Sandra ^d   Reiss, Rosemary ^e   Wodak, Shoshana ^c   Pu, Shuye ^c   Ray, Peter N ^c   Baskin, Berivan ^c   Weksberg, Rosanna ^c  

^a SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; Chromosome 11p15.5; Dandy Walker malformation; Genomic imprinting; Posterior fossa; Tumor predisposition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; BLAKE POUCH CYST; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM ABNORMALITY; CDKNIC GENE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 11P15.5; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; EAR CREASE; EAR DISEASE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MACROGLOSSIA; MACROSOMIA; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; OMPHALOCELE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR FOSSA ABNORMALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPRESSOR GENE; VERMIAN HYPOPLASIA;

BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P57; DNA METHYLATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 84861222626     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35358     Document Type: Article

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