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Proper sex identification through cytogenetic study

Authors

Riad, Zakia M.
J. Egypt. Med. Assoc. 1986; 69 (9-12): 483-487
Journal of the Egyptian Medical Association [The]
Journal Country: Egypt
P-ISSN: 0013-2411
MeSH Terms: Sex Determination Analysis
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Citation: Zakia M. Riad, Proper sex identification through cytogenetic study. J. Egypt. Med. Assoc. 1986; 69 (9-12): 483-487

Abstract English

The present study is an attempt to specify the genetic sex of a patient who presented with misleading signs of sex. This patient had a feminine distribution of body fat and body hairs, but had no sexual interests. However he had a rudimentary infantile penis, a very small prostate, and nonpalpable testes in the scrotum or the inguinal canal. Serum testosterone was less while serum luteinising hormone and follicle stimulating hormone were higher than the normal level. Cytogenetic investigations proved that he was sex chromatin negative and had 46 chromosomes per cell nucleus with XY as a sex chromosome constitution. Therefore he was classified as a male with hypogonadism of the primary type

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