We report the first case of a child with mild dystrophinopathy associated with Klinefelter's syndrome (karyotype 47, XXY). This 3.5-yearold boy was affected by some symptoms suggestive of Becker's muscular dystrophy. Dystrophin immunostaining and immunoblotting procedures confirmed the diagnosis, bu
Parkinson's syndrome in a young patient with Klinefelter's syndrome —A case report
✍ Scribed by Jan-Philipp Bach; Norbert Sommer; Jens Carsten Möller; Wolfgang H. Oertel; Richard Dodel; Thomas Gasser
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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