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X linked alpha thalassaemia/mental retardation: spectrum of clinical features in three related males.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Nov 1991
Wilkie A O, Gibbons R J, Higgs D R, Pembrey M E
Abstract excerpt
We describe three males (two brothers and a cousin) who have the X linked alpha thalassaemia/mental retardation (ATR-X) syndrome. The diagnosis, originally suspected in the brothers because of similarity in dysmorphic features to previous cases, was confirmed haematologically in the surviving brother. The cousin has less typical dysmorphism and a virtually normal routine blood count, but haemoglobin H inclusions...
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