title: Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a child with Prader-Willi syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary, Department of Pediatrics, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Robson
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: 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*