Monozygotic twins discordant for sex.
- 1 February 1976
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Medical Genetics
- Vol. 13 (1) , 64-68
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg.13.1.64
Abstract
A pair of monozygotic, adolescent twins is discordant for sex. The phenotypic female twin has chromosome constitution of 46, XY/45, X. She displays many signs of Turner's syndrome, including typical facies, webbed neck, malformed left kidney, high plasma gonadotropins, and streak ovaries. However, her height is 154 cm which exceeds the height usually reported in Turner's syndrome. The male twin has a karyotype of 46, XY and normal sexual development. Only two other reports of pairs of monozygotic twins of opposite sex have been published.Keywords
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