Abstract
Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a chromosome 4p deletion syndrome, first described by Cooper and Hirschhorn in 1961, followed by the report of Wolf et al. in 1965. The incidence is estimated to be approximately 1 in 50,000 births.
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Chen, H. (2015). Wolf–Hirschhorn Syndrome. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6430-3_247-2
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