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X inactivation, female mosaicism, and sex differences in renal diseases.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Nov 2008
Migeon Barbara R
Abstract excerpt
A good deal of sex differences in kidney disease is attributable to sex differences in the function of genes on the X chromosome. Males are uniquely vulnerable to mutations in their single copy of X-linked genes, whereas females are often mosaic, having a mixture of cells expressing different set...
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