Characteristics of Sotos syndrome
Boer, L. deCitation
Boer, L. de. (2005, April 28). Characteristics of Sotos syndrome. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/4565
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de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden op gezag van de Rector Magnificus Dr. D.D. Breimer
hoogleraar in de faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen en die der Geneeskunde, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
Promotiecommissie
3URPRWRU Prof. dr. J.M. Wit &RSURPRWRU: Dr. M. Karperien
5HIHUHQW: Prof. dr. S.L.S. Drop (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
2YHULJHOHGHQ: Prof. dr. M.H. Breuning
Prof. dr. H.A. Delemarre - van der Waal (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Prof. dr. J.A. Maassen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
CONTENTS
chapter 1
Introduction 1chapter 2
Genotype-phenotype correlation in patients suspected of having Sotos syndrome 29chapter 3
Plasma IGFS, IGFBPS, ALS and IGFBP-3 proteo- lysis in individuals with clinical characteristicsof Sotos syndrome 49
chapter 4
Mutations in the NSD1 gene in pations with Sotos syndrome associate with endocrine andparacrine alterations in the IGF system 69
chapter 5
Auxological data in patients clinically suspected of Sotos syndrome with NSD1 gene alterations 89chapter 6
Psychological, cognitive and motor functioning in patients suspected of Sotos syndrome. A comparison between patients with NSD1gene alterations and patients without 95
chapter 7
General discussion 113Summary 125
Samenvatting 131