Artúr Beke (ed.)

Genetic background of gynecological diseases

Rare gynecological diseases with genetic origin


Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is largely sporadic. Less than 15% are hereditary. Most commonly, the mutation affects the short arm of chromosome 11, leads to overexpression of the IGF2 (Insulin Like Growth Factor 2) gene at locus 11p15.5 and/or leads to the creation of an inactive CDKN1C (Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor 1C) gene at locus 11p15.4. The involvement of the H19 gene (H19 Imprinted Maternally Expressed Transcript) and the KCNQ1OT1 gene (KCNQ1 Opposite Strand/Antisense Transcript 1) at locus 11p15.5 has also been described. Main symptoms are omphalocele, macroglossia, macrosomia, hypospadias in boys, clitoral enlargement and duplicated uterus in girls.

Genetic background of gynecological diseases

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Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2024

ISBN: 978 963 664 024 8

Our book was written with the intention of filling a gap. It is the work of specialists - university lecturers, researchers, clinicians - who come across the described symptoms in their daily practice.

Many previously published publications deal with the gynecological pathologies discussed in the volume, but from the perspective of genetics as an etiological factor, focusing on the genetic background of pathological conditions and women's diseases, no book has yet been published. Nowadays, science is developing rapidly, and almost all diseases are subjected to genetic testing during research. For this reason, only those pathologies will be presented for which the tests so far have clearly confirmed the genetic background, that is, those pathologies for which the possibility of a genetic cause has arisen, but cannot yet be clearly proven, do not form the material of the book.

We recommend the book primarily to health professionals, geneticists, obstetricians and gynecologists, pedoatric gynecologists, and pediatricians, and those preparing for special exams. Medical students and midwifery students interested in the topic can find important information in it, and it can also be useful for "non-specialists".

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/beke-genetic-background-of-gynecological-diseases//

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