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Phenotype of the Williams-Beuren syndrome associated with hemizygosity at the elastin locus.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Jun 1995
Kotzot D, Bernasconi F, Brecevic L, Robinson W P, Kiss P, Kosztolanyi G, Lurie I W, Superti-Furga A, Schinzel A
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UNLABELLED: To correlate presence or absence of a 7q11 microdeletion with the clinical picture of the Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS), we investigated 29 patients with a clinical diagnosis of WBS or WBS-like features, aged 1-30 years, using molecular analysis and/or fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). Deletions at 7q11 were found in 75% of the patients (22 out of 29). Nine deletions occurred on a paternal,...
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