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Neurological features and long-term follow-up in 15q11.2-13.1 duplication.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Nov 2013
Coppola Antonietta, Ruosi Patrizia, Santulli Lia, Striano Salvatore, Zara Federico, Striano Pasquale, Sisodiya Sanjay M
Abstract excerpt
Various rearrangements occurring in the 15q11-q13 region have been reported in association with epilepsy. Deletions are the most frequent and are associated with Angelman or Prader-Willi syndrome. Duplications feature complex phenotypes including developmental delay, autistic-like behaviour and seizures. Among these, trisomy has been described as a milder phenotype compared to tetrasomy, but reports are rare and...
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