True hermaphroditism with ambiguous genitalia due to a complicated mosaic karyotype: Clinical features, cytogenetic findings, and literature review

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 300-303

  Modan Moses, Dalit ^a,c   Litmanovitch, Talia ^b   Rienstein, Shlomit ^b   Meyerovitch, Joseph ^a,c   Goldman, Boleslaw ^b,c   Aviram Goldring, Ayala ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ambiguous genitalia; FISH analysis; Mosaicism; True hermaphroditism; XX male

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 45,X; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; TRUE HERMAPHRODITISM; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 12244272115     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10869     Document Type: Article

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