In this paper we report on a third patient with Klinefelter syndrome and fragile X. In the Leuven experience the simultaneous occurrence of both conditions is 1:155 (3 fra(X) positive Klinefelter patients in a total number of 465 fra(X) positive males), a concurrence much higher than expected by cha
Fragile-X mutation and Klinefelter syndrome: A reappraisal
โ Scribed by G., Filippi ;V., Pecile ;A., Rinaldi ;M., Siniscalco
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 449 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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