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Uniparental and functional X disomy in Turner syndrome patients with unexplained mental retardation and X derived marker chromosomes.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jul 1998
Yorifuji T, Muroi J, Kawai M, Uematsu A, Sasaki H, Momoi T, Kaji M, Yamanaka C, Furusho K
Abstract excerpt
We analysed parental origin and X inactivation status of X derived marker (mar(X)) or ring X (r(X)) chromosomes in six Turner syndrome patients. Two of these patients had mental retardation of unknown cause in addition to the usual Turner syndrome phenotype. By FISH analysis, the mar(X)/r(X) chromosomes of all patients retained the X centromere and the XIST locus at Xq13.2. By polymorphic marker analysis, both...
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