Frequency of Y chromosomal material in Mexican patients with Ullrich-Turner syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 120-124

  López, Marisol ^a,b   Canto, Patricia ^c,d   Aguinaga, Mónica ^a   Torres, Leda ^a   Cervantes, Alicia ^a   Alfaro, Guillermo ^a   Méndez, Juan Pablo ^c   Kofman Alfaro, Susana ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gonadoblastoma; Mosaicism; Ullrich Turner syndrome; Y sequences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MEXICO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; SHORT STATURE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GONADOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MEXICO; MOSAICISM; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; TURNER SYNDROME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032485202     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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