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Williams Syndrome
A rare syndrome caused by multiple gene deletions from a region of chromosome 7, including the deletion of CLIP2, ELN, GTF2I, GTF2IRD1 and LIMK1 genes. It is characterized by distinctive facial appearance (elfin facies), mild-to-moderate mental retardation, cheerfulness, cardiovascular abnormalities and infantile hypercalcemia. (NCI Thesaurus)
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