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The personal experience of seven patients with a paracentric inversion is reported, including cytogenetic, clinical, and familial findings. The present knowledge on paracentric inversions in man is reviewed.
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Fryns, J.P., Van den Berghe, H. Paracentric inversion in man: Personal experience and review of the literature. Hum Genet 54, 413–416 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291590
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