Sex reversal from functional disomy of Xp: Prenatal and post-mortem findings

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 2681-2687

  Piccione, Maria ^a   Maresi, Emiliano ^a   Zollino, Marcella ^b   Sanfilippo, Cinzia ^a   Seminara, Laura ^b   Neri, Giovanni ^b   Corsello, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

DAX1 gene; Multiple congenital anomalies; Sex reversal; Xp disomy

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME BAND; CYTOGENETICS; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DISOMY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTELORISM; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MACROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; ULTRASOUND;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 55549102679     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32514     Document Type: Article

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