Article
Molecular and clinical overlap of Angelman and Prader-Willi syndrome phenotypes.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Sept 1991
Kirkilionis A J, Chudley A E, Gregory C A, Hamerton J L
Abstract excerpt
The Prader-Willi (PWS) and Angelman syndromes (AS) share the same apparent cytogenetic and molecular lesions of 15q11-13 and yet exhibit distinct clinical phenotypes. The etiology of PWS or AS appears to depend on the parental origin of the aberrant chromosome 15. Substantial clinical overlap has not been reported between deletion-positive PWS and AS patients. In the present study, we report the clinical,...
Topics
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
- Densitometry
- Female
- Gait
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Intellectual Disability
- Karyotyping
- Laughter
- Male
- Paternity
