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Molecular genetics of Turner syndrome: correlation with clinical phenotype and response to growth hormone therapy.
Clinical genetics - 1 Dec 1999
Tsezou A, Hadjiathanasiou C, Gourgiotis D, Galla A, Kavazarakis E, Pasparaki A, Kapsetaki M, Sismani C, Theodoridis C, Patsalis P C, Moschonas N, Kitsiou S
Abstract excerpt
To correlate the origin of the retained X in Turner syndrome with phenotype, pre-treatment height and response to recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy, systematic clinical assessment and molecular studies were carried out in 33 Greek children with Turner syndrome and their parents including 18 children with 45,X and 15 with X-mosaicism. Microsatellite markers on X chromosomes (DXS101 and DXS337)...
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