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Maintenance of a Low Level of Sex Chromatin in One of Uniovular Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

W. Konopada
W. Konopada*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academy of Medicine, ul. Szaserów, Warszawa, Poland

Abstract

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When the level of sex chromatin in a newborn female remains as low as 2-8% after the first few days of life, some genetic disorder may be involved.

A clinical case is presented where only one of MZ twins appears to be affected.

Type
5. The Twinning Phenomenon: Etiologic, Genetic, and Demographic Aspects
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 22 , supplement S1 , October 1972 , pp. 238 - 239
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972