Growth of Heterokaryotic Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Ullrich-Turner Syndrome during the First Years of Life

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 126 A, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-83

  Rohrer, T R ^a   Gassmann, K F ^a   Rauch, A ^b   Pfeiffer, R A ^b   Doerr, Helmut G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Growth; Heterokaryotic; Monozygosity; Twins; Ullrich Turner syndrome; UTS

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD GROWTH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE 45,X; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; LIFE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOSAICISM; NEWBORN; ORAL BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNER SYNDROME; TWIN DISCORDANCE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 1842530028     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20446     Document Type: Article

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