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Clinical and genetic features of Prader-Willi syndrome in China.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Jan 2014
Lu Wei, Qi Yan, Cui Bing, Chen Xiu-Li, Wu Bing-Bing, Chen Chao, Cao Yun, Zhou Wen-Hao, Xu Hong, Luo Fei-Hong
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: We set out to delineate the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a congenital neurodevelopmental disorder caused by the lack of expression of the paternally inherited imprinted genes on chromosome 15q11-13 in 31 Chinese patients. They were genotyped to identify deletions using methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction analysis and subsequent...
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