From a spina bifida clinic we have identified two patients with a syndrome of myelomeningocele and Waardenburg syndrome type 3 (WS3). The patients each possess a single, de novo, interstitial deletion of chromosome 2 (2q35-36.2), including the PAX3 gene. Deletion of PAX3 was confirmed by fluorescenc
Waardenburg syndrome and neural tube defects
β Scribed by Lindhout, D.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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