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ULLRICH, Otto

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The Person Behind the Syndrome

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ULLRICH-TURNER syndrome comprises stunted stature, poorly developed secondary sexual characteristics, a typical facies and variable cardiac malformations. Affected persons, who are all female, have an aberrant or absent X-chromosome.

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Beighton, P., Beighton, G. (1997). ULLRICH, Otto. In: The Person Behind the Syndrome. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0925-9_84

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