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Microarray based comparative genomic hybridization testing in deletion bearing patients with Angelman syndrome: genotype-phenotype correlations.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 2006
Sahoo T, Peters S U, Madduri N S, Glaze D G, German J R, Bird L M, Barbieri-Welge R, Bichell T J, Beaudet A L, Bacino C A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by severe mental retardation, dysmorphic features, ataxia, seizures, and typical behavioural characteristics, including a happy sociable disposition. AS is caused by maternal deficiency of UBE3A (E6 associated protein ubiquitin protein ligase 3A gene), located in an imprinted region on chromosome 15q11-q13. Although there are four...
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