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In the letter by Maher et al on “Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and assisted reproduction technology (ART)” in the January 2003 issue of the journal (vol 40, pp 62–64), there were four errors in the first paragraph of the Methods and result section and in the Key points. The correct paragraphs are reproduced below with the errors noted in bold.
METHODS AND RESULTS
We reviewed the notes of 149 BWS patients who had been referred to the BWS Research Group at the Birmingham University Section of Medical Genetics and/or the West Midlands Molecular Genetics Service (for uniparental disomy analysis) and for whom detailed clinical information had been collected. A history of assisted conception techniques was recorded for six cases (4%) (table 1). To estimate whether this was likely to …