X chromosome inactivation in carriers of Barth syndrome

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1457-1463

  Ørstavik, Karen Helene ^a   Ørstavik, Ragnhild E ^a   Naumova, Anna K ^b,f   D'Adamo, Patrizia ^c   Gedeon, Agi ^d   Bolhuis, Pieter A ^e   Barth, Peter G ^e   Toniolo, Daniela ^c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ist Genet Biochim ed E   (Italy)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MYOPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

EID: 0032231734     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302095     Document Type: Article

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