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A rare female case of Duchenne muscular dystrophy with an X/4 translocation was found. Detailed cytogenetic analyses by R-banding and high-resolution G-banding techniques revcaled that the exchange point involved in the translcoation was at the p21.1 band on the X chromosome.
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Saito, F., Tonomura, A., Kimura, N. et al. High-resolution banding study of an X/4 translocation in a female with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Hum Genet 71, 370–371 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388468
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