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We will discuss a girl with the karyotype 46,XX,-3,+r(3) (p26q29). She had growth and borderline mental retardation, craniofacial anomalies and microcephalus.
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Kitatani, M., Takahashi, H., Yasuda, J. et al. A case of ring chromosome 3, 46,XX,-3,+r(3)(p26q29). Jap J Human Genet 29, 157–162 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01873537
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