Molecular subtypes and phenotypic expression of Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome

WN Cooper, A Luharia, GA Evans, H Raza… - European journal of …, 2005 - nature.com
Abstract Beckwith–Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) results from mutations or epigenetic
events involving imprinted genes at 11p15. 5. Most BWS cases are sporadic and uniparental …

Epigenotype-phenotype correlations in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

JR Engel, A Smallwood, A Harper… - Journal of medical …, 2000 - jmg.bmj.com
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a model imprinting disorder resulting from
mutations or epigenetic events involving imprinted genes at chromosome 11p15. 5. Thus …

An association between variants in the IGF2 gene and Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome: interaction between genotype and epigenotype

A Murrell, S Heeson, WN Cooper… - Human molecular …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a fetal overgrowth disorder involving the
deregulation of a number of genes, including IGF2 and CDKN1C, in the imprinted gene …

Phenotype, cancer risk, and surveillance in Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome depending on molecular genetic subgroups

SM Maas, F Vansenne, DJM Kadouch… - American journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) have an increased risk to develop
cancer in childhood, especially Wilms tumor and hepatoblastoma. The risk varies depending …

Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome

S Choufani, C Shuman… - American Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is an imprinting disorder characterized by
overgrowth, tumor predisposition, and congenital malformations. Approximately 85% of …

Methylation analysis and diagnostics of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome in 1,000 subjects

A Ibrahim, G Kirby, C Hardy, RP Dias, L Tee, D Lim… - Clinical …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), a congenital overgrowth
disorder with variable expressivity and a predisposition to tumorigenesis, results from …

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

H Soejima, K Higashimoto - Journal of human genetics, 2013 - nature.com
Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon that leads to parent-specific differential
expression of a subset of genes. Most imprinted genes form clusters, or imprinting domains …

Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome demonstrates a role for epigenetic control of normal development

R Weksberg, AC Smith, J Squire… - Human molecular …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is characterized by somatic
overgrowth and a predisposition to pediatric embryonal tumors. It is associated with genetic …

Imprinting mutations in the Beckwith—Wiedemann syndrome suggested by an altered imprinting pattern in the IGF2–H19 domain

W Reik, KW Brown, H Schneid… - Human molecular …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Regional regulation of parental imprinting in the IGF2–H19 domain of imprinted genes was
studied in the Beckwith—Wiedemann syndrome (BWS). We identified BWS patients who …

(Epi) genotype–phenotype correlations in Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome

A Mussa, S Russo, A De Crescenzo, A Freschi… - European journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is characterized by cancer predisposition,
overgrowth and highly variable association of macroglossia, abdominal wall defects …