Diagnostic test for the Prader-Willi syndrome by SNRPN expression in blood

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9034, 1996, Pages 1068-1069

  Wevrick, Rachel ^a   Francke, Uta ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISOMY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030593844     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)04342-5     Document Type: Article

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