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Parental segregation of autoimmunity in patients with Turner's syndrome: preferential paternal transmission?
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Feb 1999
Larizza D, Martinetti M, Lorini R, Dugoujon J M, Tinelli C, Vitali L, Calcaterra V, Cuccia M, Severi F
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of autoantibodies has been reported to be increased in both patients with Turner's syndrome and their parents. We evaluated organ-specific and non-organ-specific autoantibodies in 95 patients, ranging in age from infancy to adulthood, and in most of their parents, in order to determine the characteristics of autoimmune disorders in these families and to relate it to the genetic markers usually...
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