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Klinefelter syndrome Other Information |
47,XXY; XXY syndrome; XXY trisomy |
Klinefelter's syndrome is a condition caused by a chromosome nondisjunction in males; affected individuals have a pair of X sex chromosomes instead of just one, and is associated with additional risk for some medical conditions. It is named after Dr. Harry Klinefelter, a medical researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, who first described this condition in 1942.[1] Cause The XXY chromosome arrangement is one of the most common genetic variations from the XY k ...
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Understanding Klinefelter Syndrome: A Guide
for XXY Males and Their Families
... What is Klinefelter Syndrome? In 1942, Dr. Harry Klinefelter and his coworkers at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston published a report about nine men who had enlarged breasts, sparse facial...
Source: Cleveland Clinic
Klinefelter syndrome ... Klinefelter syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects male sexual development. Most males with Klinefelter syndrome have one extra copy of the X chromosome in each cell. Some males with the con...
Source: Genetics Home Reference
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Resources
- Genetics Home Reference: Klinefelter syndrome (Genetics Home Reference)
- Klinefelter Syndrome (Cleveland Clinic)
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