Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a child with Prader-Willi syndrome.
We describe a girl with Prader-Willi syndrome and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. She had a deletion at 15q11-13. The deletion may have made the child susceptible to renal disease.
Robson
W L
WL
University of Calgary, Department of Pediatrics, Alberta, Canada.
Leung
A K
AK
D002648:Child; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15 / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D011218:Prader-Willi Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*