Characterization of a supernumerary small marker X chromosome in two females with similar phenotypes

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-50

  Tümer, Zeynep ^a,b   Wolff, Daynna ^c   Silahtaroglu, Asli N ^d   Ørum, Alena ^e   Brøndum Nielsen, Karen ^a  

^a JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e County Center for Multiply Handicapped Adults in Copenhagen ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

FISH; Supernumerary marker X chromosome; X chromosome; X inactivation center; XIC; XIST

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME XP; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 47,XXX; MARKER CHROMOSOME; MOSAICISM; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOSAICISM; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032567914     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980226)76:1<45::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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