Genetic analysis of Turner syndrome: 89 cases in Tunisia;Analyse génétique du syndrome de Turner : étude tunisienne de 89 cas

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 440-445

  Kammoun, I ^a   Chaabouni, M ^a   Trabelsi, M ^a   Ouertani, I ^a   Kraoua, L ^a   Chelly, I ^a   M'rad, R ^a   Ben Jemaa, L ^a   Maazoul F ^a   Chaabouni, H ^a  

^a CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Growth failure; Infertility; Karyotype; Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE 45,X; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY AMENORRHEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TUNISIA; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FACE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; MOSAICISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNISIA; TURNER SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55049107943     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ando.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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