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GONADAL DYSGENESIS WITH LYMPHOCYTIC THYROIDITIS AND DELETION OF THE LONG ARM OF THE X CHROMOSOME
Author(s) -
MELIN KERSTIN,
SAMUELSON GÖSTA
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1969.tb04772.x
Subject(s) - gonadal dysgenesis , medicine , thyroiditis , lymphocytic infiltration , girl , endocrinology , chromosome , thyroid , genetics , biology , gene
Summary A 17‐year‐old girl with several stigmata of gonadal dysgenesis and a 45, X/46, XXq˜ mosaicism is presented. She had small hypoplastic ovaries and regular menstruations, and a lymphocytic thyroiditis. The relationship between gonadal dysgenesis and lymphocytic thyroiditis is discussed.