Kallmann syndrome in a patient with congenital spherocytosis and an interstitial 8p11.2 deletion
β Scribed by Vermeulen, Stefan ;Messiaen, Ludwine ;Scheir, Petra ;De Bie, Sylvia ;Speleman, Frank ;De Paepe, Anne
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 108
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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