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syndrome

In medicine, a set of signs and symptoms that always occur together, thus characterizing a particular condition or disorder.



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However, babies with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, in which some maternally derived genes are suppressed and paternal genes dominate, are born heavy with particularly large tongues.
However, umbilical hernias can be associated with rare conditions such as mucopolysaccharide storage diseases, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, and Down syndrome.
Placental mesenchymal dysplasia is associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) and fetal growth restriction in the majority of the cases but can also be associated with normal-appearing fetuses.
 
 
 
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