Beyond the Karyotype: Are new screening methods needed for girls with Turner's syndrome?

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1093-1094

  Rivkees, Scott A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC SCREENING; GONADECTOMY; GONADOBLASTOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 45,X; KARYOTYPING; ORAL BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SEX CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; TURNER SYNDROME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 33750404857     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2006.19.9.1093     Document Type: Editorial

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