Turner syndrome: A study of chromosomal mosaicism

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-35

  Fernández, Rosa ^a   Méndez, Josefina ^a   Pásaro, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOCHROMOSOME; KARYOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

DNA PROBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; METAPHASE; MOSAICISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029994366     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050155     Document Type: Article

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