Association of Extremely Skewed X-chromosome Inactivation with Taiwanese Women Presenting with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is a phenomenon that occurs in female mammals. Typically, maternally- and paternally-derived X chromosomes are inactivated at approximately the same frequency. If preferential inactivation occurs, the person is considered to have skewed XCI. Skewed XCI has been report...

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Main Authors: Pao-Lin Kuo, Soon-Cen Huang, Ling-Wei Chang, Chien-Hung Lin, Wen-Hui Tsai, Yen-Ni Teng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-04-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664608600960