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Uniparental paternal disomy in Angelman's syndrome.
Lancet (London, England) - 23 Mar 1991
Malcolm S, Clayton-Smith J, Nichols M, Robb S, Webb T, Armour J A, Jeffreys A J, Pembrey M E
Abstract excerpt
Angelman's syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome are both causes of mental retardation with recognisable, but quite different, clinical phenotypes. Both are associated with deletions of chromosome 15q11-13, of maternal origin in Angelman's and paternal in Prader-Willi. Prader-Willi can arise by inheritance of two chromosomes 15 from the mother and none from the father (uniparental maternal disomy). In 2 patients...
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