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Exclusion of the biglycan (BGN) gene as a candidate gene for the Happle syndrome, employing an intragenic single-strand conformational polymorphism

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Traupe, H., Vetter, U., Happle, R. et al. Exclusion of the biglycan (BGN) gene as a candidate gene for the Happle syndrome, employing an intragenic single-strand conformational polymorphism. Hum Genet 91, 89–90 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00230233

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