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SUBMITTER: Vals MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4698645 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vals Mari-Anne MA Kahre Tiina T Mee Pille P Muru Kai K Kallas Eha E Žilina Olga O Tillmann Vallo V Õunap Katrin K
Molecular syndromology 20150724 3
Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) are 2 opposite growth-affecting disorders. The common molecular cause for both syndromes is an abnormal regulation of genes in chromosomal region 11p15, where 2 imprinting control regions (ICR) control fetal and postnatal growth. Also, many submicroscopic chromosomal disturbances like duplications in 11p15 have been described among SRS and BWS patients. Duplications involving both ICRs cause SRS or BWS, depending on which parent ...[more]