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Behavioral differences among subjects with Prader-Willi syndrome and type I or type II deletion and maternal disomy.
Pediatrics - 1 Mar 2004
Butler Merlin G, Bittel Douglas C, Kibiryeva Nataliya, Talebizadeh Zohreh, Thompson Travis
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether phenotypic differences exist among individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome with either type I or type II deletions of chromosome 15 or maternal disomy 15 leading to a better understanding of cause and pathophysiology of this classical genetic syndrome. METHODS: We analyzed clinical, anthropometric, and behavioral data in 12 individuals (5 men, 7 women; mean age: 25.9 +/- 8.8 years)...
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