Evidence of a normal mean telomere fragment length in patients with Ullrich-Turner syndrome

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 877-879

  Kveiborg, Marie ^a   Gravholt, Claus Højbjerg ^a   Kassem, Moustapha ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ageing; Morbidity; Mortality; Telomere restriction fragment length; Ullrich Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 45,X; KARYOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADULT; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0035663106     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200722     Document Type: Article

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