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A Transsexual Male with 47, XYY Karyotype

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Neelam Taneja ,
A. C. Ammini ,
Itu Mohapatra ,
Shekhar Saxena  and
Kiran Kucheria
Kiran Kucheria*
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Transsexuals are usually found to have a normal chromosome complement. The literature to data documents four transsexuals with 47,XYY pattern. This paper reports a ferule male with major cell line of 47, XYY and a gender identity disorder.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 5 , November 1992 , pp. 698 - 699
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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