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A case associated with Walker Warburg syndrome phenotype and homozygous pericentric inversion 9: coincidental finding or aetiological factor?
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 May 1999
Baltaci V, Ors R, Kaya M, Balci S
Abstract excerpt
We describe a rare occurrence of pericentric inversion in homologues of chromosome 9 observed in a 2-mo-old female baby with eye and brain abnormalities. Her clinical and neuroradiological features are similar to the signs of Walker-Warburg syndrome. We found the same inversion in heterozygous condition in all metaphases of both parents, who are related, and in two grandparents and their mother. The cytogenetic...
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