[48,XXYY syndrome in a 4-year-old subject]

Pediatr Med Chir. 1986 Jan-Feb;8(1):135-6.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The authors present a four years old boy with genitalic infantilism, mild mental retardation and karyotype 48, XXYY. This rare gonosomic aneuploidy is exceptionally discovered during childhood because it is diagnosed in most of cases after puberty for its phenotype similar to the Klinefelter's Syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Dermatoglyphics
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Klinefelter Syndrome / genetics*
  • Klinefelter Syndrome / pathology
  • Male