XYY chromosome abnormality in sexual homicide perpetrators

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 141 B, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-200

  Briken, Peer ^a   Habermann, Niels ^a   Berner, Wolfgang ^a   Hill, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Paraphilia; Sexual homicide; Sexual offenders; XYY males

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COURT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 47,XYY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SADISM; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADULT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; SEX OFFENSES; XYY KARYOTYPE;

EID: 32244441843     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30279     Document Type: Article

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