The influence of parental origin of X chromosome genes on the stature of patients with 45 X Turner syndrome

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Kochi, C ^a   Longui, C A ^a   Lemos Marini, S H V ^b   Guerra Jr , G ^b   Melo, M B ^a   Calliari, L E P ^a   Monte, O ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Parental origin; Short stature; Turner syndrome; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE 45,X; PATERNITY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RECEPTOR GENE; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BODY HEIGHT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 34047235299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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