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A Case of Mosaicism with Fragile-X and XXY Components

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Saumitra Deb ,
Valerie A. Cowie  and
Carol Timberlake
Saumitra Deb
Affiliation:
Leicester Frith Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QE
Valerie A. Cowie*
Affiliation:
Academic Unit in Mental Handicap, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Ely Hospital, Cardiff
Carol Timberlake
Affiliation:
Harperbury Hospital, Harper Lane, Radlett, Herts
*
Correspondence
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Abstract

The case of a 63-year-old severely mentally handicapped man is reported with chromosomal mosaicism. His karyotype was established as mosaic 46XY/47XXY with the fragile site present in a proportion of cells of both cell-lines. He showed phenotypic features which could be related both to the fragile-X and Klinefelter's syndromes.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 5 , May 1987 , pp. 700 - 702
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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