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Large de novo DNA deletion in a patient with sporadic neurofibromatosis 1, mental retardation, and dysmorphism.
1 Oct 1992
Abstract excerpt
A mildly dysmorphic, mentally retarded male with neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) was found to have a de novo deletion of chromosome 17. The deletion occurred on the paternally derived chromosome 17 as shown by the absence of a D17S73 paternal allele. Densitometric analysis indicated that, in addition to the D17S73 locus, the patient has only one copy of four other adjacent loci. The deletion involved the loci D17S120,...
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