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Perinatal mortality and XY/XX mosaicism

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An XX/XY mosaicism was detected in two phenotypically male newborns with perinatal death. The importance of chromosome studies at the paediatric necropsy and the significance of the present findings are discussed.

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  1. Division of Human Genetics, Department of Human Biology, Minderbroedersstraat, 12, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    J. P. Fryns & H. Van den Berghe

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Leuven, Belgium

    M. Haspeslagh & P. Goddeeris

  3. Department of Paediatrics, Gasthuisberg, Herestraat, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    E. Vandenbussche & E. Eggermont

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Fryns, J.P., Haspeslagh, M., Vandenbussche, E. et al. Perinatal mortality and XY/XX mosaicism. Hum Genet 56, 225–226 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295700

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