Polymorphic detection of a parthenogenetic maternal and double paternal contribution to a 46,XX/46,XY hermaphrodite

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 937-940

  Giltay, Jacques C ^a,b,d   Brunt, Tibor ^a   Beemer, Frits A ^a,b   Wit, Jan Maarten ^c,e   Van Amstel, Hans Kristian Ploos ^a,b   Pearson, Peter L ^a   Wijmenga, Cisca ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Clinical Genetics Center Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d University Hospital Leiden ^*  (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUE HERMAPHRODITISM;

EID: 0031900993     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301796     Document Type: Article

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