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Skeletal abnormalities of the upper limbs--neonatal diagnosis of 49,XXXXY syndrome.

2012

A case of neonatal diagnosis of 49,XXXXY syndrome is presented. Clinical identification was prompted by a bilateral thickening of the radioulnar joints and X-ray imaging disclosing almost complete radioulnar synostosis. Conventional karyotyping was initiated and revealed a karyotype of 49,XXXXY. Previously reported neonatal symptoms such as low birth weight, muscular hypotonia, or genital malformations were absent in this case. Microsatellite analysis showed two different X chromosomes each present in two copies, supporting that the four X chromosomes had arisen from a nondisjunction in maternal meiosis I followed by a second nondisjunction involving both X chromosomes in meiosis II. Multid…

Rare sex chromosome aneuploidies in humans: Report of six patients with 48,XXYY, 49,XXXXY, and 48,XXXX karyotypes

1999