Screening of patients with Turner syndrome for 'hidden' Y-mosaicism

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-34

  Vlasak, Ingrid ^d   Plöchl, Engelbert ^e   Kronberger, Gabriela ^e   Bergendi, Eva ^e   Rittinger, Olaf ^e   Hagemann, Monika ^e   Schmitt, Klaus ^e   Blümel, Peter ^a   Glatzl, Josef ^e   Fekete, György ^e   Kadrnka Lovrencic, Magda ^b   Borkenstein, Martin ^e   Häusler, Gabriele ^c   Frisch, Herwig ^c  

^a Preyer'sches Kinderspital der Stadt   (Austria)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Children's Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Gonadoblastoma; Turner Syndrome; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0032917555     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1043759     Document Type: Article

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