XYY chromosome anomaly and schizophrenia.
Sex chromosome anomalies have been associated with psychoses, and most of the evidence is linked to the presence of an additional X chromosome. We report a patient with XYY chromosome anomaly who developed schizophrenia.
Rajagopalan
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Grampians Psychiatric Services, Ballarat Health Services, Victoria, Australia. mani@giant.bnc.com.au
MacBeth
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Varma
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D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D014997:XYY Karyotype / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*