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Expanded Prader-Willi syndrome due to chromosome 15q11.2-14 deletion: report and a review of literature.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jun 2013
Liu Anthony P Y, Tang Wing Fai, Lau Elizabeth T, Chan Kelvin Y K, Kan Anita S Y, Wong Kar Yin, Tso Winnie W Y, Jalal Khair, Lee So Lun, Chau Christy S K, Chung Brian H Y
Abstract excerpt
We report on a male infant with de novo unbalanced t(5;15) translocation resulting in a 17.23 Mb deletion within 15q11.2-q14 and a 25.12 kb deletion in 5pter. The 15q11.2-q14 deletion encompassed the 15q11.2-q13 Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) critical region and the recently described 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome region while the 5pter deletion contained no RefSeq genes. From our literature review, patients with...
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