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ArticleJournal of clinical practice and research2023

An Unusual Diagnostic Journey Through MLPA: From Spinal Muscular Atrophy to a Severe Case of Prader-Willi Syndrome.

Emine Göktaş, Betül Okur Altındaş, Hülya Tarım, Gülsüm Kayhan, Ayşe Gül Zamani, Mahmut Selman Yıldırım

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Emine GöktaşDepartment of Medical Genetics, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Türkiye.
Betül Okur AltındaşDepartment of Medical Genetics, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Türkiye.
Hülya TarımDepartment of Medical Genetics, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Türkiye.
Gülsüm KayhanDepartment of Medical Genetics, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.
Ayşe Gül ZamaniDepartment of Medical Genetics, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Türkiye.
Mahmut Selman YıldırımDepartment of Medical Genetics, Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Türkiye.

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Background: Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a multisystemic disorder characterized by dysmorphic facies, hypotonia, developmental delay, cognitive impairment, hypogonadism, and obesity. It is caused by the absence of expression of paternally derived genes on chromosome 15. Here, we report the diagnostic journey of a case with severe neonatal hypotonia. Case Report: A neonatal patient was referred for the prediagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). During the SMA Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) analysis, a diminished signal of a reference probe on the 15q11.2 was revealed. Later, it was confirmed that she had a deletion confined to 15q11.2-q13.1, with a methylation pattern compatible with PWS. Conclusion: Since hypotonia might be the only finding in newborns with PWS, this case was presented to emphasize the importance of a comprehensive approach to such patients.

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hypotoniaMLPAPrader-Willi SyndromePWSSMASpinal muscular atrophy

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