Hypomelanosis of Ito and X;autosome translocations: A unifying hypothesis

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-183

  Hatchwell, Eli ^a  

^a PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional disomy Xp; Hypomelanosis of Ito; X; autosome translocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION X; DISOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029978890     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.3.177     Document Type: Article

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