Conventional and molecular cytogenetic identification of a variant Klinefelter syndrome patient with a deleted X chromosome

Pathobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-58

  Mark, Hon Fong L ^a   Feldman, David ^a   Sigman, Mark ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deleted X chromosome; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Klinefelter syndrome

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION X; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFERTILITY; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032951805     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028052     Document Type: Article

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