Deletion/inversion in the X-chromosome and increased telomeric associations in a female with primary amenorrhea

Brazilian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 511-516

  Multani, Asha S ^a   Shah, Vinod C ^b   Singh, Divya ^b   Chakravarty, Nivedita ^b   Chinoy, Niloufer J ^b   Pathak, Sen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b GUJARAT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST; CASE REPORT; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHROMOSOME DELETION X; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME XQ; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERSTITIAL CHROMOSOME DELETION; KARYOTYPE; MUCOSA CELL; PRIMARY AMENORRHEA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TELOMERE; X CHROMATIN;

EID: 0030667233     PISSN: 01008455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-84551997000300025     Document Type: Article

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