Klinefelter Syndrome
Jill Pitelka
Overview
Symptoms
Children symptoms: Children's symptoms tend to be different but some include, speech disabilities, sensitive, and being quiet and unassertive.
Adult symptoms: Young adults and adults tend to be taller than average, Klinefelter results in little body hair, enlarged breast, higher chance of getting breast cancer, wide hips, they get traits that are more usual in women. A lot of men are also not able to produce a child.
Can this be inherited?
Tests and treatments
Current research and studies
Citations
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<https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/klinefelter-syndrome>.
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<http://www.webmd.com/men/tc/klinefelter-syndrome-topic-overview>.
"New Hope for Those with Klinefelter Syndrome." John Hopkins Medicine. John
Hopkins, 30 Sept. 2013. Web. 5 Apr. 2016.
<http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/publications/physician_update/
physician_update_fall_2013/new_hope_for_those_with_klinefelter_syndrome>.
"What Are the Treatments for Symptoms in Klinefelter Syndrome (KS)?" National
Institutes of Health. National Institutes of Health, 25 Oct. 2013. Web. 5
Apr. 2016. <https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/klinefelter/
conditioninfo/Pages/treatments.aspx>.