Turner syndrome: Counseling prior to oocyte donation

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-114

  Ramos, Ester Silveira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Counseling; Gonadoblastoma; Oocyte donation; Turner syndrome; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC COUNSELING; GONADECTOMY; GONADOBLASTOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOSAICISM; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PUBERTY; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 34547103514     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802007000200009     Document Type: Review

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