Sex chromosome disorders
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Sex chromosome disorders belong to a group of genetic conditions that are caused or affected by the loss or damage of sex chromosomes.
It may refer to:
It may refer to:
- 47,XXX
- 48, XXXX
- 49 XXXXY syndrome49 XXXXY syndrome49, XXXXY Syndrome is an extremely rare, aneuploidic sex chromosomal abnormality; its frequency is approximately 1 out of 85,000 to 100,000 males.-Pathophysiology:...
- 49, XXXXX
- Klinefelter's syndromeKlinefelter's syndromeKlinefelter syndrome, 46/47, XXY, or XXY syndrome is a condition in which human males have an extra X chromosome. While females have an XX chromosomal makeup, and males an XY, affected individuals have at least two X chromosomes and at least one Y chromosome...
- Turner syndromeTurner syndromeTurner syndrome or Ullrich-Turner syndrome encompasses several conditions in human females, of which monosomy X is most common. It is a chromosomal abnormality in which all or part of one of the sex chromosomes is absent...
- XX gonadal dysgenesisXX gonadal dysgenesisThis syndrome is inherited as an autosomal disease. It affects both males and females but the phenotype differs. In both sexes sensorineural deafness occurs but in females ovarian dysgenesis also occurs....
- XX male syndromeXX male syndromeXX male syndrome is a rare sex chromosomal disorder. Usually it is caused by unequal crossing over between X and Y chromosomes during meiosis in the father, which results in the X chromosome containing the normally-male SRY gene...
- XXYY syndrome
- XYY syndromeXYY syndromeXYY syndrome is an aneuploidy of the sex chromosomes in which a human male receives an extra Y-chromosome, giving a total of 47 chromosomes instead of the more usual 46. This produces a 47,XYY karyotype...