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Chromosomal mosaicism mitigates stigmata and cardiovascular risk factors in Turner syndrome.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 May 2007
El-Mansoury Mostafa, Barrenäs Marie-Louise, Bryman Inger, Hanson Charles, Larsson Christina, Wilhelmsen Lars, Landin-Wilhelmsen Kerstin
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OBJECTIVE: To study genotype-phenotype correlations in Turner syndrome (TS) regarding body composition, cardiovascular risk factors, stigmata and age at diagnosis vs. degree of mosaicism estimated as the percentage of 45,X and 46,XX cells. METHODS: One hundred and twenty-six TS women, mean age 31 years, were examined by three specialists, who reported stigmata independent of each other. Dual energy X-ray...
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