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X-linked diseases: susceptible females.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jul 2020
Migeon Barbara R
Abstract excerpt
The role of X-inactivation is often ignored as a prime cause of sex differences in disease. Yet, the way males and females express their X-linked genes has a major role in the dissimilar phenotypes that underlie many rare and common disorders, such as intellectual deficiency, epilepsy, congenital abnormalities, and diseases of the heart, blood, skin, muscle, and bones. Summarized here are many examples of the...
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