Use of two FISH probes provides a cost-effective,simple protocol to exclude an imprinting centre defect in routine laboratory testing for suspected Prader-Willi and Angelman syndrome |
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Authors: | Smith Arabella Robson Lisa St Heaps Luke |
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Institution: | Department of Cytogenetics, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia. ellies@chw.edu.au |
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Abstract: | From among the many suspected patients with Prader-Willi (PWS) or Angelman (AS) syndromes received for diagnosis in a routine genetics laboratory, we present our protocol for the exclusion of a possible, rare imprinting centre (IC) defect. Deletion detection utilising two FISH probes-SNRPN within the IC, and another probe outside the IC, on the same suspension remaining from the cytogenetic harvest, provides a simple, quick and cost-effective system for exclusion of an IC defect, for patients with an abnormal methylation analysis. |
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Keywords: | Chromosome 15 SNRPN gene UBE3A gene |
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