伯韦综合征(Beckwith-WiedemannSyndrome,BWS)是与位于11号染色体短臂15区域印记基因簇表达异常相关的一种罕见疾病,具有先天性过度生长及有癌症倾向,发病率约为1/13700,男女发病率相同。以过度生长、巨舌、巨大儿和腹壁缺损(脐膨出/脐疝)为...
贝克-维德曼综合征(Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome,BWS)是一种以新生儿低血糖、巨大儿、大舌癌、偏侧发育过度、脐膨出、胚胎肿瘤(如肾母细胞瘤、肝母细胞瘤、神经母细胞瘤和横纹肌肉瘤)、内脏肿大、肾上腺皮质细胞瘤、肾脏异常(如髓质发育不良、肾髓质增...
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS)Devi, M. Ramya Rathi
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) refers to an overgrowth condition characterized by a larger than normal physical build during childhood. For some affected individuals, the body parts on one side are larger which causes an uneven appearance. The growth typically slows down by age 8 and the ...
Abstract The Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is the most common and the best-known congenital overgrowth syndrome. It was named after Beckwith who in 1963 described three unrelated patients with exomphalos, hyperplasia of the kidneys and pancreas, and adrenal cytomegaly. Wiedemann in 1964 reported...
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (or exomphalos, macroglossia, gigantism syndrome) was initially described by Wiedemann in 1964 and Beckwith in 1969. Several hundred cases have been reported of this overgrowth condition with extremely variable clinical presentation. Major findings in infants include macrosomia,...
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome is a rare congenital disorder. Early diagnosis, proper counselling of parents is essential because of significant risk of subsequent development of malignant tumours, associated with this syndrome. Association of cleft palate in this syndrome is extremely rare. Specific ...
Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome • This syndrome consists of hyperplastic fetal visceromegaly involving the kidney, adrenal cortex, pancreas, gonads, and liver, hemihypertrophy, macroglossia, abdominal wall defects (omphalocele, umbilical hernia, and diastasis recti), ear pits or creases, microcephaly, ...
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a model disorder for the study of imprinting, growth dysregulation, and tumorigenesis. Unique observations in this disorder point to an important embryonic developmental window relevant to the observations of increased monozygotic twinning and an increased rate of epig...
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