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Patients with different or identical genotypes of the WT1 gene present different phenotypes

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Fuzhou Dongfang Hospital, No. 156 Xi Er Huan Bei Lu, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350025, People’s Republic of China

    Yonghui Yang, Feng Zhao, Jun Huang, Xiaojing Nie & Zihua Yu

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Fuzhou Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, People’s Republic of China

    Zihua Yu

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Affiliated Dongfang Hospital, Xiamen University, Fuzhou, Fujian, People’s Republic of China

    Zihua Yu

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Yang, Y., Zhao, F., Huang, J. et al. Patients with different or identical genotypes of the WT1 gene present different phenotypes. Eur J Pediatr 172, 1707–1708 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-013-2086-4

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