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Cytogenetics and holoprosencephaly: A chromosomal microarray study of 222 individuals with holoprosencephaly.
American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics - 1 Jun 2018
Hu Tommy, Kruszka Paul, Martinez Ariel F, Ming Jeffrey E, Shabason Emily K, Raam Manu S, Shaikh Tamim H, Pineda-Alvarez Daniel E, Muenke Maximilian
Abstract excerpt
Holoprosencephaly (HPE), a common developmental forebrain malformation, is characterized by failure of the cerebrum to completely divide into left and right hemispheres. The etiology of HPE is heterogeneous and a number of environmental and genetic factors have been identified. Cytogenetically visible alterations occur in 25% to 45% of HPE patients and cytogenetic techniques have long been used to study copy...
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