Molecular, cytogenetic, and clinical characterisation of six XX males including one prenatal diagnosis

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 727-730

  Margarit, Ester ^a   Soler, Anna ^a   Carrió, Ana ^a   Oliva, Rafael ^a   Costa, Dolors ^a   Vendrell, Teresa ^c   Rosell, Jordi ^b   Ballesta, Francisca ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Prenatal diagnosis; SRY; Xp Yp interchanges; XX males

Indexed keywords

AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BODY HEIGHT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FETUS BLOOD; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; KARYOTYPE; MALE; METAPHASE; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS ATROPHY; ULTRASOUND; XX MALE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031868124     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.35.9.727     Document Type: Article

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