The Frequency of Uniparental Disomy in Prader-Willi Syndrome: Implications for Molecular Diagnosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 326, Issue 24, 1992, Pages 1599-1607

  Mascari, Maria J ^a   Gottlieb, Wayne ^b   Rogan, Peter K ^a   Butler, Merlin G ^c   Waller, David A ^d   Armour, John A l ^e   Jeffreys, Alec J ^e   Ladda, Roger L ^a   Nicholls, Robert D ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA PROBE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; MATERNAL AGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026647855     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199206113262404     Document Type: Article

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