Monozygotic twins discordant for Aicardi syndrome

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 688-691

  Costa, T ^a,b   Greer, W ^c   Rysiecki, G ^a,e   Buncic, J R ^a   Ray, P N ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Cellmark Forensic Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aicardi syndrome; Discordant; Monozygotic twins; X linked inheritance

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AICARDI SYNDROME; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROBE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; LETHALITY; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETINA DISEASE; SEIZURE; SKIN FIBROBLAST; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0030835283     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.8.688     Document Type: Article

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