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Intersex, a group of conditions involving discrepancy between external genitals and internal genitals, can have a variety of chromosomal causes that create a sex-gender difference. Which of the following chromosomal anomalies identifies a person with the chromosomes of a woman and female internal anatomy, but with male external genitals?
A. XY Intersex person
B. True Gonadal Intersex person
C. Klinefelters syndrome (XXY configuration)
D. XX Intersex person
E. Turner syndrome
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