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49, XXXXY Chromosome Anomaly: An Unusual Variant of Klinefelter's Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

T. Hari Singh*
Affiliation:
Llwyneryr Hospital, Morriston, Swansea and Hensol Hospital, Pontyclun, Mid-Glamorgan
Sudhir Rajkowa
Affiliation:
Cefn Coed Hospital, Swansea
*
Correspondence

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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Footnotes

Present appointment: Senior Registrar, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child and Family Guidance Service, Collegiate House, College Street, Leicester

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