Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes. Disorders of genomic imprinting.

doi:10.1097/00005792-199803000-00005

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Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes. Disorders of genomic imprinting.

Medicine - 1 Mar 1998

Cassidy S B, Schwartz S

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Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes are 2 clinically distinct disorders associated with multiple anomalies and mental retardation. They are only discussed together because they share a similar and uncommon genetic basis: they involve genes that are located in the same region in the genome and are...

Topics

Adult
Angelman Syndrome
Chromosome Deletion
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
Female
Genetic Counseling
Genomic Imprinting
Genotype
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Prenatal Diagnosis
Risk Assessment

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