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X chromosome inactivation and the diagnosis of X linked disease in females.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Mar 1993
Brown R M, Brown G K
Abstract excerpt
In studies of female patients with suspected deficiency of the E1 alpha subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, we have found that X inactivation ratios of 80:20 or greater occur at sufficient frequency in cultured fibroblasts to make exclusion of the diagnosis impossible in about 25% of cases. Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 alpha subunit deficiency is an X linked inborn error of metabolism which is well...
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