Novel genetic aspects of Klinefelter's syndrome

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 386-395

  Tuttelmann F ^a   Gromoll, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Klinefelter's syndrome; Parental origin; Sex chromosome aneuploidy; X chromosome; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AZOOSPERMIA FACTOR; GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SHOX; TRINUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; FERTILITY; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MEIOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 77953955158     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaq019     Document Type: Article

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