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Molecular and clinical characterization of two patients with Prader-Willi syndrome and atypical deletions of proximal chromosome 15q.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Aug 2008
Calounova Gabriela, Hedvicakova Petra, Silhanova Eva, Kreckova Gabriela, Sedlacek Zdenek
Abstract excerpt
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is caused by the disturbed expression of genes from the imprinted region of 15q11-q13, but the specific contributions of individual genes remain unknown. Most paternal PWS deletions are bracketed by recurrent breakpoints BP1 or BP2 and BP3. Atypical deletions are very rare. In the present work, we describe the molecular analysis of two patients with atypical deletions using...
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