Genetic Counseling

Publication date: 2005-11-01
Volume: 16 Pages: 249 - 256
Publisher: Edition médicine et hygiène

Author:

Meeus, G
Steyaert, Jean ; Fryns, Jean-Pierre

Keywords:

Biometry, Child, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Klinefelter Syndrome, Male, Maternal Age, Mental Disorders, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcome, Prenatal Diagnosis, Questionnaires, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology, Genetics & Heredity, Medical Ethics, Medicine, Research & Experimental, Research & Experimental Medicine, Klinefelter syndrome, sex-chromosomal aneuploidies, prenatal diagnosis, cognitive and psychosocial development, SEX-CHROMOSOME ABNORMALITIES, INTRAUTERINE DIAGNOSIS, CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, ANEUPLOIDY, 47,XXY, MALES, PERSONALITY, Surveys and Questionnaires, 2203 Philosophy, 5001 Applied ethics

Abstract:

Longitudinal follow-up data on males with Klinefelter syndrome are still scarce. In the present study we collected data on the general and psychosocial development of 12 prenatally diagnosed boys with Klinefelter syndrome.