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Interstitial deletion 14q31.1q31.3 transmitted from a mother to her daughter, both with features of hemifacial microsomia

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Acknowledgments

We thank the patient’s parents for their gracious participation and support. We are grateful to Marco Bertorello and Corrado Torello for their technical assistance. This work was supported by “Cinque per mille dell’IRPEF—Finanziamento della Ricerca Sanitaria” and “Finanziamento Ricerca Corrente, Ministero della Salute (contributo per la ricerca intramurale)”.

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  1. Service of Genetic Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    S. Gimelli

  2. Laboratorio di Citogenetica, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo G. Gaslini 5, 16148, Genova, Italy

    C. Cuoco, P. Ronchetto, G. Gimelli & E. Tassano

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Gimelli, S., Cuoco, C., Ronchetto, P. et al. Interstitial deletion 14q31.1q31.3 transmitted from a mother to her daughter, both with features of hemifacial microsomia. J Appl Genetics 54, 361–365 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13353-013-0150-4

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