Is there an influence of X-chromosomal imprinting on the phenotype in Klinefelter syndrome? A clinical and molecular genetic study of 61 cases

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-48

  Stemkens, D ^a   Roza, T ^a   Verrij, L ^a   Swaab, H ^a   van Werkhoven, M K ^a   Alizadeh, B Z ^a   Sinke, R J ^a   Giltay, Jacques C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Developmental problems; Growth; Imprinting; Klinefelter syndrome

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 33746905141     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2006.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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