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. 1994 Jul;71(1):F57–F58. doi: 10.1136/fn.71.1.f57

Trisomy 22 and intersex.

R M Nicholl 1, L Grimsley 1, L Butler 1, R W Palmer 1, H C Rees 1, M O Savage 1, K Costeloe 1
PMCID: PMC1061073  PMID: 8092876

Abstract

Complete trisomy 22, with or without mosaicism, has been reported as a distinct syndrome. In this report an infant is described who was externally male but with female rudimentary internal organs and whose karyotype was 47,XX+22.

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