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Mosaic isochromosome 15q and maternal uniparental isodisomy for chromosome 15 in a patient with morbid obesity and variant PWS-like phenotype.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jul 2013
Wang Jia-Chi, Vaccarello-Cruz Mary, Ross Leslie, Owen Renius, Pratt Victoria M, Lightman Katherine, Liu Yan, Hafezi Katayoun, Cherif Dhia, Sahoo Trilochan
Abstract excerpt
Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes are reciprocal imprinting disorders caused by loss of maternally or paternally expressed genes, respectively, within 15q11.2-q13. Angelman syndrome (AS; OMIM 105830) is a neurodevelopmental disorder and is due to the loss of maternally expressed UBE3A gene. Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS; OMIM 176270) is a clinically distinct disorder caused by the loss of paternally expressed...
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