The alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation syndromes.
The chromosome-16 and the X-chromosome forms of alpha-thalassemia--ATR-16 and ATR-X--exemplify 2 important causes of syndromal mental retardation. ATR-16 is a contiguous gene syndrome which arises from loss of DNA from the tip of chromosome 16p13.3 by truncation, interstitial deletion, or unbalanced...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1996
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