Microcephaly, Epilepsy, and Diabetes Syndrome 1: A Moroccan Case Report of Novel Compound Heterozygous IER3IP1 Mutations and Literature Review
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2025-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5761
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