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Case Reports
. 1978 Jul:133:77-81.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.133.1.77.

Two transsexuals with 47-XYY karyotype

N Buhrich, R Barr, P R Lam-Po-Tang
Case Reports

Two transsexuals with 47-XYY karyotype

N Buhrich et al. Br J Psychiatry. 1978 Jul.

Abstract

Previous reports of sexual orientation and gender identity in subjects with XYY karyotype are reviewed. Two patients seeking a change of sex operation and found to have an XYY karyotype are described. It is argued that an XYY karyotype may predispose to a disturbed gender identity and possibly to the development of the transsexual syndrome.

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