Prader-Willi syndrome in South African patients - Clinical and molecular diagnosis

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 711-714

  Christianson, A L ^a   Viljoen, D L ^b   Winship, W S ^c   De La Rey, M ^a   Van Rensburg, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c KwaZulu Natal Department of Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031830996     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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