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[Steel D., Salpietro V., Phadke R., Pitt M., Gentile G., Massoud A., Batten L., Bashamboo A., McElreavey K., Saggar A. and Kinali M. 2015 Whole exome sequencing reveals a MLL de novo mutation associated with mild developmental delay and without ‘hairy elbows’: expanding the phenotype of Wiedemann–Steiner syndrome. J. Genet. 94, xx–xx]
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STEEL, D., SALPIETRO, V., PHADKE, R. et al. Whole exome sequencing reveals a MLL de novo mutation associated with mild developmental delay and without ‘hairy elbows’: expanding the phenotype of Wiedemann–Steiner syndrome. J Genet 94, 755–758 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-015-0578-x
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