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The influence of parental origin of X chromosome genes on the stature of patients with 45 X Turner syndrome.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 18 Jan 2007
Kochi C, Longui C A, Lemos-Marini S H V, Guerra-Junior G, Melo M B, Calliari L E P, Monte O
Abstract excerpt
Thirty-seven 45 X Turner syndrome patients with confirmed peripheral blood lymphocyte karyotype were initially selected to determine the origin of the retained X chromosome and to correlate it with their parents' stature. Blood samples were available in 25 families. The parental origin of the X chromosome was determined in 24 informative families through the analysis of the exon 1-CAG repeat variation of the...
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