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Chromosomal investigations in children with pyknolepsy on dipropylacetate monotherapy

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We analyzed chromosome preparations obtained from leukocytes of ten children with pyknolepsy and treated with dipropylacetate (DPA) as monotherapy. Structural or numerical aberrations were not found more frequently in our patients than in five normal children (control group).

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  1. Abteilung Kinderheilkunde der Medizinischen Fakultät der RWTH Aachen, Goethestr. 27/29, D-5100, Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Franz Kotlarek & Joachim Faust

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Kotlarek, F., Faust, J. Chromosomal investigations in children with pyknolepsy on dipropylacetate monotherapy. Hum Genet 43, 329–331 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00278841

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