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Lack of evidence for monosomy 1p36 in patients with Prader-Willi-like phenotype.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Aug 2008
Rodríguez V R, Mazzucato L F, Pina-Neto J M
Abstract excerpt
Monosomy 1p36 is the most common subtelomeric microdeletion syndrome with an incidence rate estimated to be 1 in 5000 births. A hypothesis of a similarity between patients with 1p36 deletion and those with Prader-Willi syndrome and the existence of two different phenotypes for 1p36 microdeletion has been suggested. The main objective of the present study was to determine the existence of 1p36 microdeletion in a...
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