Familial translocations involving 15q11-q13 can give rise to interstitial deletions causing Prader-Willi or Angelman syndrome

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 848-851

  Horsthemke, Bernhard ^a   Maat Kievit, Anneke ^b   Sleegers, Eva ^c   Van Den Ouweland, Ans ^d   Buiting, Karin ^a   Lieh, Christina ^a   Mollevanger, Paul ^b   Beverstock, Geoff ^b   Gillessen Kaesbach, Gabriele ^a   Schwanitz, Gesa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromosome 15; Prader Willi syndrome; Translocation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; FATHER; GENE DELETION; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 19244362120     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.10.848     Document Type: Article

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