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Clinical and cytogenetic studies are reported in two infants with a stable ring G chromosome. Identification of the abnormal chromosomes was performed by the G-banding and the Q-banding methods.
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Maeda, T., Ohno, M. & Nishida, H. Clinical and cytogenetic studies of two infants with partial monosomy G. Hum Genet 35, 255–259 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00446618
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