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Familial Prader-Willi syndrome: case report and a literature review.
Clinical genetics - 1 Sept 2000
McEntagart M E, Webb T, Hardy C, King M D
Abstract excerpt
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a neurobehavioural disorder arising through a number of different genetic mechanisms. All involve loss of paternal gene expression from chromosome 15q11q13. Although the majority of cases of PWS are sporadic, precise elucidation of the causative genetic mechanism is essential for accurate genetic counselling as the recurrence risk varies according to the mechanism involved. A pair...
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