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47,X,i(Xq),Y karyotype in Klinefelter's syndrome

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This is a case report of 47,X,i(Xq),Y in a 24-year-old infertile male with Klinefelter's syndrome. C staining indicated that this isochromosome X had a single small centromere. BUdR incorporation revealed the isochromosome X to be late replicating.

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  1. The Douglas Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Dagmar Kalousek & Marsha Rudner

  2. Department of Medical Genetics, The Montreal Children's Hospital and Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Catherine J. Cushman Biddle & F. Clarke Fraser

  3. Infertility Center, The Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    George H. Arronet

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Kalousek, D., Cushman Biddle, C.J., Rudner, M. et al. 47,X,i(Xq),Y karyotype in Klinefelter's syndrome. Hum Genet 43, 107–110 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00396486

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