Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
"Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A syndrome of multiple defects characterized primarily by umbilical hernia (HERNIA, UMBILICAL); MACROGLOSSIA; and GIGANTISM; and secondarily by visceromegaly; HYPOGLYCEMIA; and ear abnormalities.
| Descriptor ID |
D001506
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C16.131.077.133 C16.131.260.080 C16.320.180.080
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| Concept/Terms |
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome- Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
- Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome
- Syndrome, Beckwith-Wiedemann
- Exomphalos-Macroglossia-Gigantism Syndrome
- Wiedemann-Beckwith Syndrome (WBS)
- Syndrome, Wiedemann-Beckwith (WBS)
- Syndromes, Wiedemann-Beckwith (WBS)
- Wiedemann Beckwith Syndrome (WBS)
- Wiedemann-Beckwith Syndromes (WBS)
- EMG Syndrome
- EMG Syndromes
- Syndrome, EMG
- Syndromes, EMG
- Wiedemann-Beckwith Syndrome
- Syndrome, Wiedemann-Beckwith
- Wiedemann Beckwith Syndrome
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Brownfield MN, Adeyemi A, Tumolo N, Baker L, Corao-Uribe D, Dunn S, Shah AP. Infant With Beckwith-Wiedemann Requiring Transplant for Hepatic Mesenchymal Hamartoma. Pediatr Transplant. 2025 Feb; 29(1):e70015.
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Gripp KW, Robbins KM, Sheffield BS, Lee AF, Patel MS, Yip S, Doyle D, Stabley D, Sol-Church K. Paternal uniparental disomy 11p15.5 in the pancreatic nodule of an infant with Costello syndrome: Shared mechanism for hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in neonates with Costello and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and somatic loss of heterozygosity in Costello syndrome driving clonal expansion. Am J Med Genet A. 2016 Mar; 170(3):559-64.
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Ideraabdullah FY, Thorvaldsen JL, Myers JA, Bartolomei MS. Tissue-specific insulator function at H19/Igf2 revealed by deletions at the imprinting control region. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Dec 01; 23(23):6246-59.
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Manipalviratn S, DeCherney A, Segars J. Imprinting disorders and assisted reproductive technology. Fertil Steril. 2009 Feb; 91(2):305-15.
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Weksberg R, Shuman C, Caluseriu O, Smith AC, Fei YL, Nishikawa J, Stockley TL, Best L, Chitayat D, Olney A, Ives E, Schneider A, Bestor TH, Li M, Sadowski P, Squire J. Discordant KCNQ1OT1 imprinting in sets of monozygotic twins discordant for Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Hum Mol Genet. 2002 May 15; 11(11):1317-25.