The Prader-Willi syndrome and the Angelman syndrome.

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The Prader-Willi syndrome and the Angelman syndrome are characterised by a complex clinical and behavioural phenotype resulting from loss of paternal or maternal expression, respectively, of genes located on the human chromosome 15q11-13. Different molecular mechanisms leading to this imbalance have been identified, including microdeletions, intragenic mutations, uniparental disomy and imprinting centre defects....

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