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Molecular markers for diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome in thai patients by fish.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Dec 2003
Wiriyaukaradecha Sirilak, Patmasiriwat Pimpicha, Wasant Pornswan, Tantiniti Pornsri
Abstract excerpt
Paternal microdeletion of chromosome 15 at q11-q13 has been reported in 75% of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) patients in western countries. Diagnosis of PWS in Thailand is mainly based on clinical observation and, in some cases, confirmed by conventional cytogenetic analysis. Loss of a tiny segment in this region (microdeletion) has made it difficult to discriminate from the normal karyotype. An attempt to solve...
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