Validation studies of SNRPN methylation as a diagnostic test for prader-willi syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-80

  Kubota, Takeo ^a   Sutcliffe, James S ^c   Aradhya, Swaroop ^a   Gillessen Kaesbach, Gabriele ^b   Christian, Susan L ^a   Horsthemke, Bernhard ^b   Beaudet, Arthur L ^c   Ledbetter, David H ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; genomic imprinting; Prader Willi syndrome; SNRPN

Indexed keywords

DNA; PEPTIDE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOANTIGENS; DNA METHYLATION; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR;

EID: 0029856469     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961202)66:1<77::AID-AJMG18>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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