Encyclopedia of Cancer

2009 Edition
| Editors: Manfred Schwab

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47648-1_3136

Is a  chromosomal rearrangement that occurs when a chromosome segment is clipped out, turned upside down and reinserted within the same chromosome.

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