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ArticleJournal of medical genetics1993

Is skewed X inactivation responsible for symptoms in female carriers for adrenoleucodystrophy?

E Watkiss, T Webb, S Bundey

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Article in Journal of medical genetics, 1993. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. AnMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2024
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  6. Dosage Compensation in Females with X-Linked Metabolic Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  7. Skewed X-inactivation is common in the general female population.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2019
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  14. DNA diagnosis of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 1995
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

E WatkissSub-Department of Clinical Genetics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Maternity Hospital, Edgbaston, UK.
T Webb
S Bundey

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A study of X inactivation in 12 female carriers for adrenoleucodystrophy showed no evidence that skewed patterns are related to clinical manifestation. Other possible mechanisms to explain manifestation in females are considered.

Indexed as

Dosage Compensation, GeneticHeterozygoteAdolescentAdrenoleukodystrophyAdultAgedFemaleHumansMiddle Aged

Identifiers

PMID8411051
PMCPMC1016492

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