Discordant growth pattern and ovarian function in monozygotic twins with 45,X/46,XX mosaicism.

doi:10.1159/000049978

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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

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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),...

Topics

Child
Diseases in Twins
Estradiol
Female
Follicle Stimulating Hormone
Growth Disorders
Human Growth Hormone
Humans
Hypogonadism
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Luteinizing Hormone
Mosaicism
Phenotype
Puberty
Turner Syndrome
Twins, Monozygotic

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