Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 88-93 , June 2008

Terminal Deletion of Chromosome 6q

  • Pen-Hua Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jia-Yuh Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, 110 Chien-Kuo North Road, Section 1, Taichung 402, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Suh-Jen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kai-Chi Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Received 15 October 2007 ,Revised 14 February 2008 ,Accepted 25 June 2008.

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Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 88-93 , June 2008

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