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Bobby Joe Long, a U.S. serial killer with Klinefelter syndrome. Ricardo López, a Uruguayan-American with Klinefelter syndrome who stalked and attempted to murder Icelandic singer Björk in 1996. Small Luk, intersex activist living in Hong Kong, founder of Beyond the Boundary – Knowing and Concerns Intersex [25]
Klinefelter syndrome is not an inherited condition. The extra X chromosome comes from the mother in approximately 50% of the cases. Maternal age is the only known risk factor. Women at 40 years have a four-times-higher risk of a child with Klinefelter syndrome than women aged 24 years. [14] [34] [35]
Researchers in the United Kingdom have discovered a way to identify genetic conditions in people who lived thousands of years ago. In a new study, published Jan. 11 in the journal Communications ...
In 1959, five days after Jérôme Lejeune described the trisomy-21 [3] in Down syndrome, basing himself off Marthe Gautier's work, [4] Jacobs and John Strong described an additional X chromosome in male patients (the 47,XXY karyotype) [5] also known as Klinefelter syndrome, as Harry Klinefelter had already diagnosed the symptoms in 1942.
Caroline Cossey (born 31 August 1954 [2]) is a British model and actress who often worked under the name Tula, which she also used for two memoirs.She appeared in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only as an extra.
The famous socialite and businesswoman kicked off her new memoir, "Paris: The Memoir," talking candidly about ADHD.From the opening page and at least 45 times throughout the book, she talks about ...
Kylie Allen-Kulyk, like the famous singer, has been diagnosed with the rare autoimmune disease that causes progressive muscle rigidity and spasms. Edinboro woman with stiff person syndrome now in ...
Harry Fitch Klinefelter Jr. (/ ˈ k l aɪ n f ɛ l t ər /; March 20, 1912 – February 20, 1990) was an American rheumatologist and endocrinologist. Klinefelter syndrome is named after him. Biography