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We report on a rare familial cases with complete agenesis of the corpus callosum found in three sibs, in which autosomal recessive mode of inheritance was suggested.
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Naritomi, K., Chinen, Y. & Asato, Y. Agenesis of corpus callosum in three sibs. Jap J Human Genet 42, 539–541 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02767031
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