Germline mutations in the oncogene EZH2 cause Weaver syndrome and increased human height.

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Published in Oncotarget on December 01, 2011

Authors

Katrina Tatton-Brown1, Sandra Hanks, Elise Ruark, Anna Zachariou, Silvana Del Vecchio Duarte, Emma Ramsay, Katie Snape, Anne Murray, Elizabeth R Perdeaux, Sheila Seal, Chey Loveday, Siddharth Banka, Carol Clericuzio, Frances Flinter, Alex Magee, Vivienne McConnell, Michael Patton, Wolfgang Raith, Julia Rankin, Miranda Splitt, Volker Strenger, Clare Taylor, Patricia Wheeler, Karen I Temple, Trevor Cole, Childhood Overgrowth Collaboration, Jenny Douglas, Nazneen Rahman

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK.

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