Recently we published a review about genetic counseling and the provision of risk information in Angelman syndrome (AS) ]. However, since then, new evidence indicates that gonadal mosaicism may affect recurrence risk in the subset of AS patients who are affected as the result of UBE3A gene mutations
Genetic counseling in Mexico
โ Scribed by Wertz, Dorothy C.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 3 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
- DOI
- 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980203)75:4<424::aid-ajmg15>3.0.co;2-q
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