Chromosomal abnormalities in 979 cases of amenorrhea: A review

International Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 65-69

  Kalavathi, V ^a   Chandra, N ^a   Renjini Nambiar, G ^a   Shanker, Jayashree ^a   Sugunashankari, P ^a   Meena, J ^b   Jegatheesan, T ^b   Santhiya, S T ^a   Ramesh, A ^a   Gopinath, P M ^c   Marimuthu, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Deletions; Isochromosome; Phenotype; Ring chromosomes; Translocations

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOCHROMOSOME; KARYOTYPE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; PRIMARY AMENORRHEA; REVIEW; RING CHROMOSOME; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; TREND STUDY; X CHROMOSOME ABERRATION;

EID: 77953208306     PISSN: 09723757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09723757.2010.11886086     Document Type: Review

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