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Pallister-Killian syndrome: a mild case diagnosed by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Review of the literature and expansion of the phenotype.
American journal of medical genetics - 16 Oct 1996
Bielanska M M, Khalifa M M, Duncan A M
Abstract excerpt
Pallister-Killian syndrome (PKS) is a rare disorder characterized by a specific combination of anomalies, mental retardation and mosaic presence of a supernumerary isochromosome 12p which is tissue-limited. We report an atypical case of PKS with a mild phenotype. Flourescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to demonstrate that the supernumerary marker chromosome identified in the patient's fibroblasts was...
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