Prenatal diagnosis of a de novo 17p13.1 microduplication in a fetus with ventriculomegaly and lissencephaly
โ Scribed by Chih-Ping Chen; Yi-Ning Su; Chin-Yuan Hsu; Yu-Peng Liu; Schu-Rern Chern; Li-Feng Chen; Wayseen Wang
- Book ID
- 116920744
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 771 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1028-4559
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