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Methylation-sensitive high-resolution melting-curve analysis of the SNRPN gene as a diagnostic screen for Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Nov 2007
White Helen E, Hall Victoria J, Cross Nicholas C P
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BACKGROUND: Angelman syndrome (AS) and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) are 2 distinct neurodevelopmental disorders caused primarily by deficiency of specific parental contributions at an imprinted domain within the chromosomal region 15q11.2-13. Lack of paternal contribution results in PWS either by paternal deletion (approximately 70%) or maternal uniparental disomy (UPD) (approximately 25%). Most cases of AS result...
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