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J Med Genet 1997;34:167-168 doi:10.1136/jmg.34.2.167
  • Research Article

Paternal uniparental disomy for chromosome 6 causes transient neonatal diabetes.

  1. M L Whiteford,
  2. A Narendra,
  3. M P White,
  4. A Cooke,
  5. A G Wilkinson,
  6. K J Robertson,
  7. J L Tolmie
  1. Duncan Guthrie Institute of Medical Genetics, Yorkhill NHS Trust, Glasgow, UK.

      Abstract

      We report an infant with intrauterine growth retardation and transient neonatal diabetes who has paternal uniparental disomy for chromosome 6. The infant was not dysmorphic and had no congenital anomalies. To our knowledge, this is the third case of paternal uniparental disomy occurring in an infant with transient neonatal diabetes, thus confirming the association.

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