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The Value of Chromosome Analysis to Interrogate Variants in DNMT3B Causing Immunodeficiency, Centromeric Instability, and Facial Anomaly Syndrome Type I (ICF1)

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Kellner, E.S., Rathbun, P.A., Marshall, G.S. et al. The Value of Chromosome Analysis to Interrogate Variants in DNMT3B Causing Immunodeficiency, Centromeric Instability, and Facial Anomaly Syndrome Type I (ICF1). J Clin Immunol 39, 857–859 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-019-00704-6

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