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A short history of the initial discovery of the Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome
Author(s) -
Hirschhorn Kurt
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of medical genetics part c: seminars in medical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.419
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1552-4876
pISSN - 1552-4868
DOI - 10.1002/ajmg.c.30186
Subject(s) - sequence (biology) , genealogy , history , biology , genetics
Deletion of the short arm of chromosome 4 (4p‐) was first described in 1961 [Hirschhorn and Cooper, 1961], and the second case of 4p‐ was published in 1965 [Hirschhorn et al., 1965]. This short history describes the original case and the sequence of events leading to the publications. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.