The role of X inactivation and cellular mosaicism in women's health and sex-specific diseases

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1428-1433

  Migeon, Barbara R ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOSAICISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; MUTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENES, X-LINKED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 33645082502     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.12.1428     Document Type: Article

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