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Do you know the genetic cause of BWS in your case?

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This document explains the genetics in a simple way.

ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/b...

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My daughter has UPD.

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ShortAndStout

My son has loss of methylation at KvDMR

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No known, test wasnt available when son was diagnosed

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familyfour

my son has hypomethylation at KvDMR

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My daughter's is due to methylation, but the methylation occurred as she is an 'identical' twin. Her Genetics Consultant advised that it happened when they split into two.

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Disney-mum

My daughter has hypermethylation (gain of methylation) at h19 (maternal copy is silenced) this is the high tumour risk type.

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Webber8727

Hi my son has had genetic testing which came back negative does this mean hes not inna subgroup.at risk for tumours we are seeing genetics tommorow

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