Tetragametic chimerism
Synonyms: 46,XX/46,XY chimerism
A rare sex chromosome disorder of sex development characterized by the two different haploid sets of maternal and paternal chromosomes and variable phenotype – from normal male or female genitalia to different degrees of ambiguous genitalia and often infertility. Also in the cases of monochorionic dizygotic twins it can be confined to blood of both twins.
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Tetragametic chimerism?
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