Home My Account European Molecular Quality Network EMQN Home Page About Us Joining EMQN EQA Best Practice EMQN News Page EMQN HOME Welcome Welcome to the EMQN website. EMQN is a not-for-profit organisation promoting quality in molecular genetic testing through the provision of external quality assessment (proficiency testing schemes) and the organisation of best practice meetings and publication of guidelines. For important information on this years EQA schemes We ...

Michigan Angelman Syndrome Chapter Information We will use this space to try to keep everyone updated on the dates and topics for the gatherings of our Michigan group. State Reps: Suzy Gavin 248-788-0947 Betsey Stacks 517-524-6108 IMPORTANT DATES: Picnic at Potter Park Zoo: July 13, 2002 Lansing support meeting at Sparrow Hospital room FG: Nov 9, 2002 Dear Michigan Friends: Please forgive me. I have not touched this page for well over a year. There are MANY re ...

THE GENES INVOLVED IN PRADER-WILLI AND ANGELMAN SYNDROMES In 1981, the Prader-Willi syndrome was found to be associated with a very small deletion in the long arm of human chromosome 15, between bands q11 and q13 (Ledbetter et al., 1981). However, in 1987, an identical deletion was reported in a number of patients who suffered from a very different disease, Angelman syndrome. These syndromes give quite distinct phenotypes (Figure 1). Prader-Willi syndrome is characterized by developmental delay ...

Angelman Syndrome Portal Welcome to the International Angelman Syndrome Organisation (IASO) IASO Second World Conference: July 2-5, 2003, in Washington, DC, USA. Some conference presentations will be made available - see Conference Presentations. Our Foundations In July, 1997, at the Angelman Syndrome Foundation (ASF) Conference in Seattle, Washington, USA, representatives from several countries met and discussed the establishment of an International Angelman Syndrome Organisation ...