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A viable duplication in the proximal long arm of the X chromosome in a boy with a malformative syndrome was delineated with molecular biology techniques using 14 probes from the X cen-Xq21 region. This analysis allowed us to refine the physical map of the X cen-Xq13 region.
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Muscatelli, F., Verna, J.M., Philip, N. et al. Physical mapping of an Xq-proximal interstitial duplication in a male. Hum Genet 88, 691–694 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02265299
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