Don't forget the "single chromosome polymorphism": A need for gender-stratification in pediatric patients?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-194

  Fink, Ericka L ^a   Clark, Robert S B ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NOTE; SEX RATIO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3843065761     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000115621.73210.B9     Document Type: Editorial

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