在印度的跨性别患者中确定巴尔体 - - 一项比较研究
Aishwarya Lakshmi1, Amritha James1, Rameshkumar Annasamy1
1Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, SRM Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFP
|February 2, 2024
概括
对口腔细胞的巴尔体检是法医医学中确定性别的可靠方法. 这项研究发现,女性,男性和跨性别者之间巴尔体存在的显著差异.
科学领域:
- 法医医学 法医医学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 性别确定在法医中对于个人身份识别和法律事务至关重要.
- 使用巴尔体进行核性测试是一种确定个体性别的方法,特别是在常规方法失败时.
- 巴尔体是互相核中可见的非活性X染色体.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较男性,女性和跨性别人群的脱皮口腔上皮细胞中的巴尔体存在.
- 评估光和光显微镜在巴尔体检测中的有效性.
主要方法:
- 收集了90个人的口腔涂抹 (30名男性,30名女性,30名跨性别者).
- 使用帕帕尼科劳 (PAP) 染料和阿克里丁色的染色涂抹.
- 使用光和光显微镜检查巴尔体.
主要成果:
- 雌性表现出3-5%的巴尔体有PAP染色和1-3%的阿克里丁色.
- 男人和变性人群显示 0% 的巴尔体有 Acridine 色,在变性人群中 0-5% 具有 PAP 染色.
- 统计分析显示,女性,男性和跨性别群体之间的巴尔体分布存在显著差异 (P < 0.001).
结论:
- 通过巴尔体检进行核性鉴定是一种简单而有效的方法,用于确定跨性别患者的性别.
- 这种方法可以帮助跨性别者了解他们的性别认同,并诊断染色体异常.
- 巴尔体分析提供了对不同人群的性别决定有价值的见解.
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