title: Results of cytogenetic investigation in adolescent patients with primary or secondary amenorrhea.
abstract: A cytogenetic study of 77 adolescent girls with primary or secondary amenorrhea was performed. A pathologic or male karyotype was found in 18 (26.4%) of 68 patients with primary amenorrhea. In 1 (11.1%) of 9 patients with secondary amenorrhea, 46,XX/47,XXX mosaicism was recovered. The importance of the cytogenetic investigations in patients with primary or secondary amenorrhea was discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Temoçin
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vardar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Süleymanova
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanriverdi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Demirhan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kadayifçi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000235:genetics*; D013734:Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D009030:Mosaicism / Q000175:diagnosis; D012729:Sex Chromosome Aberrations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D014960:X Chromosome; D014998:Y Chromosome