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Maternal uniparental disomy 14 syndrome demonstrates prader-willi syndrome-like phenotype.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 2009
Hosoki Kana, Kagami Masayo, Tanaka Touju, Kubota Masaya, Kurosawa Kenji, Kato Mitsuhiro, Uetake Kimiaki, Tohyama Jun, Ogata Tsutomu, Saitoh Shinji
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To delineate the significance of maternal uniparental disomy 14 (upd(14)mat) and related disorders in patients with a Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS)-like phenotype. STUDY DESIGN: We examined 78 patients with PWS-like phenotype who lacked molecular defects for PWS. The MEG3 methylation test followed by microsatellite polymorphism analysis of chromosome 14 was performed to detect upd(14)mat or other related...
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