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Genetic considerations in the patient with Turner syndrome--45,X with or without mosaicism.
Fertility and sterility - 1 Oct 2012
Zhong Quincy, Layman Lawrence C
Abstract excerpt
Turner syndrome (TS) is a complex developmental disorder in individuals with short stature who possess a 45,X cell line, with or without mosaicism. Because the single X chromosome is maternally derived in 80% of patients, the genesis of the 45,X karyotype is due to instability of the Y chromosome leading to its loss during meiosis. Phenotypic features vary depending on the mode of ascertainment, with postnatal...
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