Unique karyotype: Mos 46,X,dic(X;Y)(p22.33;p11.32)/ 45,X/45,dic(X;Y)(p22. 33;p11.32) in an Egyptian patient with ovotesticular disorder of sexual development

Sexual Development

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 235-243

  Mazen, I M ^a   Kamel, A K ^b   Mohamed, A M ^b   Hussien, H A ^b   Essawi, M L ^b   Hassan, H A ^b   El Ruby, M O ^a   Aref, A ^c   Mekkawy, M K ^b  

^a Departments of Clinical Genetics   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dicentric chromosomes; Mitotic segregation; Ovotesticular disorder of sexual development; Pseudoautosomal regions; Sex detemining region Y mutations; X inactivation; X; Y homologous genes; X; Y meiotic recombination; X; Y translocation

Indexed keywords

TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR;

CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN;

EID: 84880044206     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351039     Document Type: Article

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