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Guide to Trisomy X

Article Title: Guide to Trisomy X

Author: Kathleen Erskine

Date of Publication: 2011

Kathleen Erskine, a graduate student in the Joan H. Marks Graduate Program in Human Genetics at Sarah Lawrence College conducted a study to identify the important aspects of 47, XXX/ 3X/ Triple X/ Trisomy X to discuss with girls when they first learn about their Trisomy X diagnosis. The end result of this study is this educational booklet for parents to give their daughter when they first tell her about Trisomy X.

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2018-09-04T12:38:16-04:00Categories: 47,XXX (trisomy x)|

The Challenges of Klinefelter’s

“The Klinefelter Syndrome: Current Management and Research Challenges”—From the scientific journal, Andrology, this article summarizes the concluding “Round Table Discussion” of the 2nd International Workshop on the Klinefelter Syndrome in Munster, Germany, March, 2016. Topics include syndrome characteristics, centers of competence for diagnosis and treatment, counseling, support groups, early screening, fertility, testosterone treatment, and basic research. Click here.

See also: Speaker Abstracts from the 2nd International Workshop on Klinefelter Syndrome March 2016 Münster, Germany.

2022-02-17T13:35:25-05:00Categories: 47,XXY (Klinefelter)|

A Klinefelter Update for Pediatricians

“Advances in the Interdisciplinary Care of Children with Klinefelter Syndrome”—This nearly 30-page story in the journal Advances in Pediatrics is directed at pediatricians and family physicians who treat children, and who may thus come across patients with Klinefelter syndrome. It alerts them to the risks the condition carries for neurodevelopmental and psychological complications, and suggests that diagnosis rates are likely to spike sharply upward given advances in genetics and prenatal neonatal screening. Click here.

2018-04-27T16:40:23-04:00Categories: Featured Research Articles|
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