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Table 2. Comparison of findings in patients 2 and 3 in this study with published case reports.

Patient/published case report	Findings	Start coordinate (Mb)	Stop coordinate (Mb)	Size (Mb)	Formation of dicentric chromosome	Telomere capture
Patient 2 in this study	8pterp23.1 × 1 8p23.1p21.2 × 3 8q24.3qter	0 12.60 145.08	6.93 24.82 146.26	6,93 12,22 1,18	NAHR (mechanism 2) with involvement of REPD and REPP	Yes?
Patient 3 in this study	8pterp23.1 × 1 8p23.1p21.2 × 3	0 7.36	6.91 25.71	6,91 18,35	U-type exchange (mechanism 3) with involvement of REPD	No
Case A in Buysse et al¹³	8pterp23.1 × 1 8p23.1p21.2 × 3 8q24.13qter	0 12.63 125.34	6.90 16.97 146.25	6,90 3.40 20.90	NAHR (mechanism 2) with involvement of REPD and REPP	Yes
Case B in Buysse et al¹³	8pterp23.1 × 1 8p23.1p21.2 × 3 8q24.13qter	0 4.48 117.93	3.90 24.31 146.25	3,90 19.83 28.30	U-type exchange (mechanism 3) without involvement of REPD or REPP	Yes
Case C in Rowe et al²⁴	8pterp23.1 × 1 8p23.1p21.2 × 3	0 0.62	0.61 37.79	0.61 18,35	U-type exchange (mechanism 3) without involvement of REPD or REPP	No
Cases D–H in Shimokawa et al¹⁰	8pterp23.1 × 1 8p23.1p21.2 × 3	0 12.62	5.8–8.3 ∼39.72	5.8–8.3 26–31	NAHR (mechanism 2) with involvement of REPD and REPP	No

Abbreviation: NAHR, nonallelic homologous misalignment and unequal recombination.

For explanations of ‘mechanism 2' and ‘mechanism 3', see text.