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Center for barr body condensation. A case of Turner's syndrome with 45,X/46,X,dic(X) (Xqter→ p22::p22→qter)

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An 11-year-old girl with karyotype 45,X/46,X,dic(X) (Xqter→p22::p22→qter) is presented. The abnormal X is always found to be the inactive and late replicating X, and according to previous investigations by Therman et al. (1974) part of the cells are seen to have bipartite Barr bodies.

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  1. The Cytogenetic Laboratory, Århus State Hospital, Risskov, Denmark

    Ingelise Sillesen, Kirsten Rasmussen, Ole Østerballe & Johannes Nielsen

  2. the Paediatric Department, The County Hospital, Viborg

    Ingelise Sillesen, Kirsten Rasmussen, Ole Østerballe & Johannes Nielsen

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Sillesen, I., Rasmussen, K., Østerballe, O. et al. Center for barr body condensation. A case of Turner's syndrome with 45,X/46,X,dic(X) (Xqter→ p22::p22→qter). Hum Genet 33, 337–340 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00286864

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