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An extra X or Y chromosome: contrasting the cognitive and motor phenotypes in childhood in boys with 47,XYY syndrome or 47,XXY Klinefelter syndrome.
Developmental disabilities research reviews - 1 Jan 2009
Ross Judith L, Zeger Martha P D, Kushner Harvey, Zinn Andrew R, Roeltgen David P
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OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to contrast the cognitive phenotypes in boys with 47,XYY (XYY) karyotype and boys with 47,XXY karyotype [Klinefelter syndrome, (KS)], who share an extra copy of the X-Y pseudoautosomal region but differ in their dosage of strictly sex-linked genes. METHODS: Neuropsychological evaluation of general cognitive ability, language, memory, attention, visual-spatial abilities,...
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