KROK 1 2014 – Question 105 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A female patient sought medical genetic consultation. Physical examination revealed pterygium colli deformity (webbed neck), broad chest, underdeveloped breasts. Study of buccal epithelium cells revealed no X-chromatin in the nuclei. This indicates that the patient has the following syndrome:
- A. Klinefelter’s
- B. Edwards’
- C. Down’s
- D. Patau’s
- E. Turner’s
Hint
Combine the phenotype with the absence of sex chromatin in a woman to ask what her sex chromosome constitution must be.
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