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Four novel RECQL4 mutations in four Chinese patients with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome and analysis of RECQL4 mRNA expression level in one typical patient

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Conflict of interest

The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

Founding sources

National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number: 81773306).

Acknowledgements

We are deeply grateful to all of the patients and their family members for their participation.

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These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Present address: Department of Medical Cosmetology, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430061, China.

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