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REKAYA, M.B., MESSAOUD, O., MEBAZAA, A. et al. A novel POLH gene mutation in a xeroderma pigmentosum-V Tunisian patient: phenotype–genotype correlation. J Genet 90, 483–487 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-011-0101-y
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