Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes in the Greek population: A clinical and molecular study

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 27-32

  Salavoura, Katerina ^a,b   Sofocleous, C ^a   Mavrou, A ^a   Kalaitzidaki, M ^a   Frysira, H ^a   Kolialexi, A ^a   Zafiriou, D ^a   Yapijakis, C ^a   Metaxotou, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

15q11 13 deletions; Angelman syndrome (AS); Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism (DNRP) analysis; Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis; Prader Willi syndrome (PWS); Twin gestation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GREECE; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHENOTYPE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; TWINS; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

ATAXIA;

EID: 2942650245     PISSN: 13110160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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