Epigenetic and genetic alterations of the imprinting disorder Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and related disorders

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 402-409

  Soejima, Hidenobu ^a   Higashimoto, Ken ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; DNA methylation; Genomic imprinting; IMAGe syndrome; Multilocus hypomethylation disorders; Silver Russell syndrome

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASES; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROGLOSSIA; MACROSOMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SILVER RUSSELL SYNDROME; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P57; DNA METHYLATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MUTATION; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

EID: 84880853672     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2013.51     Document Type: Review

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