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Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome

see chromosome 4, deletion of short arm. [first described in 1965 independently by Ulrich Wolf, German geneticist, and Kurt Hirschhorn (1926–  ), Austrian-born U.S. pediatrician]

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chemotherapy

n. the use of chemical agents to treat diseases, particularly cancer, in which case it is contrasted with radiation therapy. —chemotherapeutic adj. —chemotherapist n.