Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS), is a chromosomal deletion syndrome resulting from a partial/ completedeletion on the short arm of chromosome 4 (4p16.3), also called the Wolf–Hirschhorn critical region (WHCR). [1][2]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Dufke A, Seidel J, Schöning M, Döbler-Neumann M, Kelbova C, Liehr T, Beensen V, Backsch C, Klein-Vogler U, Enders H (2000). Microdeletion 4p16.3 in three unrelated patients with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 91 (1–4): 81–4.
- ↑ Descartes M, Korf B, Mikhail F. Chromosomes and Chromosomal Abnormalities. Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology (Sixth Edition), Elsevier, 2017, 268-276, ISBN 9780323371018,
