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Effect of chromosome constitution variations on the expression of Turner phenotype.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 13 Mar 2013
Bispo A V S, Dos Santos L O, Burégio-Frota P, Galdino M B, Duarte A R, Leal G F, Araújo J, Gomes B, Soares-Ventura E M, Muniz M T C, Santos N
Abstract excerpt
Turner syndrome (TS) is a chronic disease related to haploinsufficiency of genes that are normally expressed in both X chromosomes in patients with female phenotype that is associated with a wide range of somatic malformations. We made detailed cytogenetic and clinical analysis of 65 patients with TS from the region of Recife, Brazil, to determine the effects of different chromosome constitutions on expression of...
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