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Torres, R., Puig, J. & Ceballos-Picot, I. Clinical utility gene card for: Lesch–Nyhan Syndrome - update 2013. Eur J Hum Genet 21, 1187 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2012.304
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