RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 XO/XY mosaicism in phenotypic males.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 891
OP 892
DO 10.1136/adc.65.8.891
VO 65
IS 8
A1 K Walker
A1 A J Gunn
A1 P D Gluckman
YR 1990
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/65/8/891.abstract
AB Eight cases of 45 XO/46 XY mosaicism are described: four were phenotypic males. Karyotyping should be performed more frequently in short boys as growth hormone treatment and testicular biopsy, to screen for carcinoma in situ, are likely to be beneficial.