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Theme: Emerging Molecular Diagnostic Technologies - Review

Detection and interpretation of genomic structural variation in health and disease

Geert Vandeweyer Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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R Frank Kooy Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. [email protected]
Pages 61-82 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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