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[Frequency of prevalence of Turner syndrome in fetuses of patients referred to genetic amniocentesis in 2007-2011].
Przeglad lekarski - 1 Jan 2012
Chuchracki Marek, Szczepaniak Aleksandra, Sedziak Anna, Ziółkowska Katarzyna, Opala Tomasz
Abstract excerpt
Turner syndrome is a genetic diseases caused by an aberration of sex chromosomes. It is conditioned by structural and/or quantitative aberration of one of the two X chromosomes, with frequent presence of mosaicism in cells. Since there are a few types of the syndrome, its diagnosis is often difficult and, as a consequence, a lot of people live without knowing of their disease. It is only during puberty that...
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