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Isochromosome 15q of Maternal Origin in a Prader-Willi Patient with Pituitary Adenoma
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2014
Abstract
We report on a Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) patient carrier of a balanced 15q15q translocation and affected by a prolactin-secreting pituitary adenoma. Evidence provided by molecular studies indicates that the structural rearrangement is an isochromosome of maternal origin. According to the identification of isodisomy as the basis of the association of rare disorders and the recent report on chromosome 15 monosomy and nullisomy in pituitary adenoma, we suggest that in our case PWS and pituitary adenoma might be related.
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- Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 45 , Issue 1-2 , April 1996 , pp. 213 - 216
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- Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1996
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