Variability of sexual phenotype in 46,XX(SRY+) patients: The influence of spreading X inactivation versus position effects

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 420-427

  Sharp, Andrew ^a,f   Kusz, K ^b   Jaruzelska, J ^b   Tapper, W ^c   Szarras Czapnik, M ^d   Wolski, J ^e   Jacobs, P ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^e Infertility Center Novum   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRILIZATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENES, SRY; HUMANS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 18844411825     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2004.022053     Document Type: Article

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