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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet A. 2017 Dec 22;176(2):368–375. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38582

Table 4.

Deaths reported in study participants and related information during the rare disease study

Age at death (years) Group Molecular class Gender Autopsy performed Manner of death—description Cause of death
51.72 PWS Uniparental disomy Female Unknown Natural causes
32.44 PWS Uniparental disomy Male Unknown Natural causes
32.60 PWS Deletion Male Unknown Natural causes
1.93 PWS Uniparental disomy Female Unknown Pneumonia and septicemia Pneumonia and septicemia
50.79 PWS Uniparental disomy Female No Gastric necrosis Gastric necrosis
44.43 PWS Imprinting defect Female Yes Died in sleep, autopsy results pending Unknown
14.79 EMO Female No Diabetic ketoacidosis and resultant brain herniation Brain herniation