Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes: Diagnosis with a bisulfide-treated methylation-specific PCR method

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 308-313

  Kosaki, Kenjiro ^a   McGinniss, Matthew J ^b   Veraksa, Alexey N ^a   McGinnis, William J ^a   Jones, Kenneth Lyons ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; CpG island; Methylation; Prader Willi syndrome; SNRPN

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; METHYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANGELMAN SYNDROME; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; FETUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; SULFITES;

EID: 0030665282     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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