Maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 15 and concomitant STRC and CATSPER2 deletion-mediated deafness-infertility syndrome.
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SUBMITTER: Karger L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5397338 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
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Maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 15 and concomitant STRC and CATSPER2 deletion-mediated deafness-infertility syndrome.
Karger Lisa L Khan Wahab A WA Calabio Rafaela R Singh Ram R Xiang Bixia B Babu Arvind A Cohen Ninette N Yang Amy C AC Scott Stuart A SA
American journal of medical genetics. Part A 20170320 5
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