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Smilenov, L.B., Brenner, D.J. (2015). Haploinsufficiency. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_2561-2

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