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Monozygotic twins with 45,X/46,XY mosaicism discordant for phenotypic sex.
American journal of medical genetics - 6 Jan 1998
Costa T, Lambert M, Teshima I, Ray P N, Richer C L, Dallaire L
Abstract excerpt
We report on two sets of monozygotic twins (MZTs) discordant for phenotypic sex ascertained at birth when the female twin was noted to have signs of the Ullrich-Turner syndrome. Cytogenetic investigations on the female of the first pair showed 45,X/46,XY mosaicism in lymphocytes but fibroblasts grown from two skin biopsies at separate sites and from gonadal tissue showed only 45,X cells. The male showed mosaicism...
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