Prenatal diagnosis and normal outcome of a 46,XX/46,XY chimera: a case report.

doi:10.1093/humrep/del480

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Prenatal diagnosis and normal outcome of a 46,XX/46,XY chimera: a case report.

Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Apr 2007

Malan Valérie, Gesny R, Morichon-Delvallez N, Aubry M C, Benachi A, Sanlaville D, Turleau C, Bonnefont J P, Fekete-Nihoul C, Vekemans M

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The phenotypic spectrum of 46,XX/46,XY chimeric patients is variable. It ranges from normal male or female genitalia to different degrees of ambiguous genitalia. Chimerism results from the amalgamation of two different zygotes in a single embryo, whereas mosaicism results from a mitotic error in a single zygote. Several other mechanisms resulting in a chimera have been discussed in the literature. Here, we report...

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Alleles
Amniocentesis
Chromosomes, Human, X
Chromosomes, Human, Y
Female
Genotype
Haploidy
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Karyotyping
Maternal Age
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic
Prenatal Diagnosis

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PMID: 17272360
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del480

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