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Is gestation in Prader-Willi syndrome affected by the genetic subtype?
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics - 1 Aug 2009
Butler Merlin G, Sturich Jennifer, Myers Susan E, Gold June-Anne, Kimonis Virginia, Driscoll Daniel J
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BACKGROUND: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a complex genetic disorder with errors in genomic imprinting, generally due to a paternal deletion of chromosome 15q11-q13 region. Maternal disomy 15 (both 15s from the mother) is the second most common form of PWS resulting from a trisomic zygote follow...
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