Interstitial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 4.
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چکیده
A 17 year old girl investigated for mental retardation and minor anomalies was found to have an interstitial deletion of 4p. Her clinical and cytogenetic findings are compared with previous reported case of interstitial 4p deletion and with terminal 4p--deletions (Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of medical genetics
دوره 21 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1984