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De novo interstitial duplication of 15q11.2-q13.1 with complex maternal uniparental trisomy for the 15q11-q13 region in a patient with Prader-Willi syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Oct 2012
Burrage Lindsay C, Person Richard E, Flores Angela, Villanos Maria Theresa M, Bi Weimin, Wiszniewska Joanna, Bacino Carlos A
Abstract excerpt
Prader-Willi syndrome is caused by the lack of paternal contribution for the imprinted 15q11-q13 region that originates through a number of mechanisms such as paternal deletion of 15q11-q13, maternal uniparental disomy, or by an imprinting defect due to epimutations in the paternal imprinting center. In the present report, we describe a female patient with complex maternal uniparental trisomy for the 15q11-q13...
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