• Gene deletion; HGNC; HGNC:1787; CDKN2A; Zygosity=Homozygous (PubMed=9598804).
  
• Gene deletion; HGNC; HGNC:1788; CDKN2B; Zygosity=Homozygous (PubMed=9598804).
  

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