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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Hum Genet. 2018 Apr 24;63(7):795–801. doi: 10.1038/s10038-018-0451-x

Table II.

Known prevalence of recurrent deletion syndromes and percent of cases in Baylor Genetics Laboratories.

Syndrome Prevalence of live births Percent of CMA cases
SMS 0.004–0.006% (1/25000-1/15000)7 0.08
WBS 0.013%-0.005% (1/7500–1/20000)5 0.18
PWS/AS PWS 0.006% AS 0.005–0.008% (combined (0.011%–0.014%)2,3 0.23
VCFS 0.0625–0.05% (1/1600–1/2000)6 0.51
17q12 Deletion Syndrome 0.007% (1/14,500)8 0.079
HNPP 0.016% (1/6250)4 0.059

SMS: Smith-Magenis Syndrome, WBS: Williams-Beuren Syndrome, PWS/AS: Prader-Willi Syndrome/Angelman Syndrome, VCFS: Velocardiofacial Syndrome, CMA: chromosomal microarray