Article
Screening for fra(x) mutation and Klinefelter syndrome in mental institutions.
Clinical genetics - 1 Mar 1991
Pecile V, Filippi G
Abstract excerpt
A total of 9153 male subjects in mental institutions from six different Italian districts were screened for the presence of bilateral microorchidism, in order to detect Klinefelter syndrome. Among the 212 microorchidic patients found, 33 had an XXY karyotype (15.5%). Ninety-one Klinefelter patients with normal intelligence were also examined as a control group. Cytogenetical and clinical findings were compared in...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Testing
- Hospitals, Psychiatric
- Humans
- Incidence
- Intellectual Disability
- Italy
- Karyotyping
- Klinefelter Syndrome