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Schinzel, A., Robinson, W.P., Bottani, A. et al. Prader-Willi or Angelman syndrome in familial 15q11→q13 deletion of maternal origin?. Hum Genet 88, 361–362 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00197279
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