Random X inactivation in a girl with a balanced t(X;9) and an abnormal phenotype

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 401-404

  Wolff, Daynna J ^a,c   Schwartz, Stuart ^a   Montgomery, Thomas ^b   Zackowski, Joleen L ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Center for Medical Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Duplication; Translocation; X chromosome; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DISOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LYMPHOCYTE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

CHILD; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032486141     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980605)77:5<401::AID-AJMG9>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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