Numerical X-chromosome anomalies at the maternity hospital of Lima

Screening nuclear sex in buccal mucosa cells in 2,213 apparently normal newborns up to 24 hours from the Maternity Hospital of Lima showed that 3 newborn males out of 1,124, had chromatin-positive cells (2.66 per thousand). X-chromosome anomalies were not detected in 1,089 females examined.