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Also Known As Victor Almon McKusick
Born October 21, 1921 • Maine
Died July 22, 2008 (aged 86) • Baltimore • Maryland
Awards And Honors National Medal of Science (2001)
Subjects Of Study Marfan syndrome • Mendelian inheritance • dwarfism • human genome
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