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Mental retardation and autism associated with recurrent 16p11.2 microdeletion: incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity

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The research leading to these results is funded by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 223692 CHERISH project.

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Čiuladaitė, Ž., Kasnauskienė, J., Cimbalistienė, L. et al. Mental retardation and autism associated with recurrent 16p11.2 microdeletion: incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity. J Appl Genetics 52, 443–449 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13353-011-0063-z

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