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- Title
Difficulties of genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis in a consanguineous couple segregating for the same translocation (14;15) (q11;q13) and at risk for Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes.
- Authors
Flori, Elisabeth; Biancalana, Valérie; Girard-Lemaire, Françoise; Favre, Romain; Flori, Jean; Doray, Bérénice; Mandel, Jean Louis
- Abstract
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and Angelman syndrome (AS) are associated with a loss of function of imprinted genes in the 15q11-q13 region mostly due to deletions or uniparental disomies (UPD). These anomalies usually occur de novo with a very low recurrence risk. However, in rare cases, familial translocations are observed, giving rise to a high recurrence risk. We report on the difficulties of genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis in a family segregating for a translocation (14;15)(q11;q13) where two consanguineous parents carry the same familial translocation in this chromosome 15 imprinting region. Both children of the couple inherited a chromosomal anomaly leading to PWS. However, a paternal 15q11-q13 deletion was responsible for PWS in the first child, whereas prenatal diagnosis demonstrated that PWS was associated with a maternal 15q11-q13 UPD in the fetus. This report demonstrates that both conventional and molecular cytogenetic parental analyses have to be performed when a deletion is responsible for PWS or AS in order not to overlook a familial translocation and to insure reliable diagnosis and genetic counseling.European Journal of Human Genetics (2004) 12, 181-186. doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201134 Published online 24 December 2003
- Subjects
GENETIC counseling; PRENATAL diagnosis; PRADER-Willi syndrome diagnosis; ANGELMAN syndrome; INTELLECTUAL disabilities; CHROMOSOMAL translocation; GENES
- Publication
European Journal of Human Genetics, 2004, Vol 12, Issue 3, p181
- ISSN
1018-4813
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201134