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Eleven Xp-deletion patients with various phenotypes ranging from normal to the Turner syndrome are reported. To explain the phenotypy-karyotype correlation the hypothesis is brought forward that (an) autosomal gene(s) may play a role in the pathogenesis of the Turner syndrome.
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Fryns, J.P., Petit, P. & Van den Berghe, H. The various phenotypes in Xp deletion. Observations in eleven patients. Hum Genet 57, 385–387 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281690
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