A complex 6p25 rearrangement in a child with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
β Scribed by Jirair K. Bedoyan; Marci M. Lesperance; Todd Ackley; Ramaswamy K. Iyer; Jeffrey W. Innis; Vinod K. Misra
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 431 KB
- Volume
- 155
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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