Abstract
46,XX/46,XY chimerism has previously been reported in patients with abnormal sexual development, and rarely in otherwise normal individuals. We report the first postnatally documented prenatal diagnosis of whole‐body 46,XX/46,XY chimerism in humans, discovered by maternal age amniocentesis. The normal male phenotype in this child creates a dilemma in prenatal counselling, since genotypic male/female chimerism cannot be assumed to imply an abnormal sexual phenotype.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 423-426 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Prenatal Diagnosis |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1988 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Genetics(clinical)