Homicidality in a woman with a 47,XXX karyotype.
The 47,XXX karyotype is a rare sex chromosome anomaly. A female with this karyotype is called a triple X or superfemale. This karyotype is usually not associated with a characteristic mental or physical phenotype. A 19-year-old female who committed homicide and was found to have a 47,XXX karyotype is described, and the possible correlation between sex chromosome anomalies and psychopathology or criminality is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D014960:X Chromosome