Turner syndrome and haploinsufficiency

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 322-327

  Zinn, Andrew R ^a   Ross, Judith L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; MONOSOMY X; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0032103696     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80089-0     Document Type: Article

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