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Genotype-phenotype correlations and clinical diagnostic criteria in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics - 18 Sept 2000
Zollino M, Di Stefano C, Zampino G, Mastroiacovo P, Wright T J, Sorge G, Selicorni A, Tenconi R, Zappalà A, Battaglia A, Di Rocco M, Palka G, Pallotta R, Altherr M R, Neri G
Abstract excerpt
We report on a clinical-genetic study of 16 Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) patients. Hemizygosity of 4p16.3 was detected by conventional prometaphase chromosome analysis (11 patients) or by molecular probes on apparently normal chromosomes (4 patients). One patient had normal chromosomes without a detectable molecular deletion within the WHS "critical region." In each deleted patient, the deletion was...
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