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Discordant growth pattern and ovarian function in monozygotic twins with 45,X/46,XX mosaicism.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2001
Lebl J, Zahradníková M, Vlasak I, Neuhuber F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We report on phenotypically discordant female monozygotic twins with 45X/46,XX mosaicism in both lymphocytes and fibroblasts. RESULTS: At 11.5 years, twin A was prepubertal, her height was 126.8 cm (-3.15 SD), bone age (BA) 9.7 years (TW2), FSH 47 IU/l and IGF-I 280 ng/ml (-0.89 SD), but twin B was pubertal (P2, B3), her height was 143.4 cm (-0.92 SD), BA 13.6 years (TW2), FSH 3.4 IU/l and IGF-I 380...
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