Tetrasomy
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| Tetrasomy | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| Specialty | Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 446: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| ICD-10 | Q97 - Q98 |
| Patient UK | Tetrasomy |
| MeSH | D000782 |
| Orphanet | 3305 |
A tetrasomy is a form of aneuploidy with the presence of four copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome.
Causes
Full
Full tetrasomy of an individual occurs due to non-disjunction when the cells are dividing (meiosis I or II) to form egg and sperm cells (gametogenesis). This can result in extra chromosomes in a sperm or egg cell. After fertilization, the resulting fetus has 48 chromosomes instead of the typical 46.
Autosomal tetrasomies
- Cat eye syndrome where tetrasomy of chromosome 22 is present
- Pallister-Killian syndrome (tetrasomy 12p)
- Tetrasomy 9p
- Tetrasomy 18p
Sex-chromosome tetrasomies
- 48, XXXX syndrome
- 48, XXYY syndrome
- Klinefelter's syndrome, where XXXY tetrasomy is present
