Sporadic imprinting defects in Prader-Willi syndrome and Angelman syndrome: Implications for imprint-switch models, genetic counseling, and prenatal diagnosis

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 170-180

  Buiting, Karin ^a   Dittrich, Bärbel ^a   Groß, Stephanie ^a   Lich, Christina ^a   Färber, Claudia ^a   Buchholz, Tina ^b   Smith, Ellie ^b   Reis, André ^c   Bürger, Joachim ^c   Nöthen, Markus M ^d   Barth Witte, Ulli ^e   Janssen, Bart ^e   Abeliovich, Dvorah ^f   Lerer, Israela ^f   Van Den Ouweland, Ans M W ^g   Halley, Dicky J J ^g   Schrander Stumpel, Connie ^h   Smeets, Hubert ^h   Meinecke, Peter ⁱ   Malcolm, Sue ^j   Gardner, Anne ^k   Lalande, Marc ^l   Nicholls, Robert D ^m   Friend, Kathie ⁿ   Schulze, Astrid ^o   Matthijs, Gert ^p   Kokkonen, Hannaleena ^q   Hilbert, Pascale ^r   Van Maldergem, Lionel ^r   Glover, Guillermo ^s   Carbonell, Pablo ^s   Willems, Patrick ^t   Gillessen Kaesbach, Gabriele ^a   Horsthemke, Bernhard ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e Institut fur Humangenetik   (Germany)

^f HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Altonaer Kinderkrankenhaus   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l HHMI   (United States)

^m CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^o JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^p UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^q OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^r Ctr de Genet Humaine   (Belgium)

^s Ctro de Bioquim y Genetica Clinica   (Spain)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032231460     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301935     Document Type: Article

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