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Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome
A disorder, wherein unstable chromosomes have a tendency to break and become rearranged, characterized by microcephaly, stunted growth, subnormal mental development, cafe-au-lait spots, and immunodeficiency. The syndrome is named after the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. (JABL99) (NCI Thesaurus)
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