45,X/47,XXX/47,XX, del(Y)(p?)/46,XX mosaicism causing true hermaphroditism

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 130 A, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-314

  Nieto, Karem ^a   Peña, Rocío ^b   Palma, Icela ^a   Dorantes, Luis M ^b   Eraña, Luis ^b   Alvarez, Rebeca ^a   García Cavazos, Ricardo ^c   Kofman Alfaro, Susana ^a   Queipo, Gloria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gonadal mosaicism; Sex differentiation; Sex reversal; SRY gene; True hermaphroditism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE 45,X; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 47,XXX; MALE; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; SRY GENE; TESTIS; TRUE HERMAPHRODITISM; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; GENES, SRY; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MOSAICISM; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; TESTIS;

EID: 4744337724     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30258     Document Type: Article

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