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Case Reports
. 1976 May;9(5):454-58.
doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1976.tb01596.x.

An extra small metacentric chromosome identified as a deleted chromosome no. 17

W Palutke, H Chen, P Woolley Jr, C Espiritu, H L Vogel, N Gohle, M Tyrkus
Case Reports

An extra small metacentric chromosome identified as a deleted chromosome no. 17

W Palutke et al. Clin Genet. 1976 May.

Abstract

In an 11-year-old girl with multiple congenital abnormalities and mental retardation, an extra, small, metacentric chromosome was identified by banding methods as a deleted chromosome No. 17. This represents the first reported case of partial trisomy 17.

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