High incidence of malformation syndromes in a series of 1,073 children with cancer

JHM Merks, HN Caron… - American journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Constitutional molecular defects are known to play a role in oncogenesis, as shown by the
increased incidence of embryonic cancers in children with Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome …

Recommendations of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Beckwith–Wiedemann Syndrome Association on the diagnosis, management and follow-up of the …

A Mussa, S Di Candia, S Russo, S Catania… - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is the most common (epi) genetic overgrowth-
cancer predisposition disorder. Given the absence of consensual recommendations or …

Complete and incomplete forms of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: their oncogenic potential.

C Sotelo-Avila, F Gonzalez-Crussi… - The Journal of …, 1980 - europepmc.org
The diagnosis of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome may be missed because of variable or
incomplete clinical expression. Recognition of such patients is important, however, because …

Nephromegaly in infancy and early childhood: a risk factor for Wilms tumor in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

MR DeBaun, MJ Siegel, PL Choyke - The Journal of pediatrics, 1998 - Elsevier
Objective: Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) is an overgrowth syndrome associated
with macrosomia, omphalocele, macroglossia, visceromegaly and Wilms tumor (WT). We …

Genetics of Beckwith‐Wiedemann syndrome‐associated tumors: common genetic pathways

M Steenman, A Westerveld… - Genes, Chromosomes …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
A specific subset of solid childhood tumors—Wilms' tumor, adrenocortical carcinoma,
rhabdomyosarcoma, and hepatoblastoma—is characterized by its association with Beckwith …

Screening for Wilms tumor in children with Beckwith‐Wiedemann syndrome or idiopathic hemihypertrophy

PL Choyke, MJ Siegel, AW Craft… - … : The Official Journal …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Children with Beckwith‐Wiedemann syndrome and idiopathic
hemihypertrophy (BWS/HH) are at increased risk for developing Wilms tumor and screening …

[HTML][HTML] (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 …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic alterations of H19 and LIT1 distinguish patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome with cancer and birth defects

MR DeBaun, EL Niemitz, DE McNeil… - The American Journal of …, 2002 - cell.com
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a congenital cancer-predisposition syndrome
associated with embryonal cancers, macroglossia, macrosomia, ear pits or ear creases, and …

[HTML][HTML] Beckwith-wiedemann syndrome

C Shuman, JB Beckwith, R Weksberg - 2016 - europepmc.org
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a growth disorder variably characterized by
neonatal hypoglycemia, macrosomia, macroglossia, hemihyperplasia, omphalocele …

Longitudinal observations on 15 children with Wiedemann‐Beckwith syndrome

EY Weng, JB Moeschler… - American journal of …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted a follow‐up study on 15 patients with Wiedemann‐Beckwith syndrome (WBS)
to further clarify major and minor diagnostic clinical characteristics and long‐term …