Lack of evidence for monosomy 1p36 in patients with Prader-Willi-like phenotype

Monosomy 1p36 is the most common subtelomeric microdeletion syndrome with an incidence rate estimated to be 1 in 5000 births. A hypothesis of a similarity between patients with 1p36 deletion and those with Prader-Willi syndrome and the existence of two different phenotypes for 1p36 microdeletion has...

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Main Authors: V.R. Rodríguez, L.F. Mazzucato, J.M. Pina-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2008-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000800007