Suzuki Y, Sasagawa I, Yazawa H, Tateno T, Nakada T
Department of Urology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Arch Androl. 2000 Jul-Aug;45(1):13-7. doi: 10.1080/014850100409963.
Deletion of chromosome 15 was investigated in 6 patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) using chromosome and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis. Although chromosome analysis using G-banding methods revealed the deletion of 15q11-q13 in only 3 cases, staining by FISH using D15S11 and/or small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide N (SNRPN) probes detected chromosome 15 deletion in all cases. It would appear that FISH analysis is an effective diagnostic test for the detection of chromosome 15 deletion in patients with PWS.