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A dysmorphic 5-year-old girl with severe growth and mental deficiency was studied. She presented a de novo interstitial 2p deletion. Karyotype: 46,XX,del(2)(p13p15).
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Duca, D., Ioan, D., Meilă, P. et al. Interstitial deletion (2)(p13p15). Hum Genet 57, 214–216 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00282027
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