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Del(18p) Syndrome

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De Grouchy in 1963 reported the syndrome, the first example of a partial monosomy compatible with life. The incidence is approximately 1 in 50,000 live-born infants (Turleau 2008).

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Chen, H. (2017). Del(18p) Syndrome. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2401-1_66

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