Paternal germline mosaicism for a GPC3 deletion in X-linked Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome.

Am J Med Genet A

Department of Medical Genetics, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Published: October 2014

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