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ea0002p46 | Genetics | SFE2001

Klinefelter-like phenotype and primary infertility in a male with an Xq inversion

Gallen I , Levy E , Crocker M , Maher E , Nemeth A

Klinefelter syndrome is an abnormality of sexual development which is usually characterised by the chromosome complement of 47,XXY, although occasionally patients may have multiple X or Y chromosomes, may be mosaic with 46, XY, 47,XXY or have an X-autosome translocation. We present the case of a 43 year old male patient with the phenotypic appearance of Klinefelter syndrome and primary infertility, who was found on karyotype analysis to have an hitherto undescribed inversion o...