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    Klinefelter Syndrome Every year, approximately 3000 babies in America are born with Klinefelter Syndrome. Klinefelter syndrome, a genetic disorder known as XXY, is the most common sex chromosome disorder. Klinefelter occurs when the presence of at least one extra X chromosome is in each of the cells. Because chromosomes, contains all the genes and DNA, are building blocks of humans bodies, they are extremely crucial in determining the structure and traits of each individuals. Besides the physical

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    Tuners's syndrome is a disease affecting chromosomes of females where one of the two X chromosomes that a females contains becomes defective casing problems for the development of a female since conception. Thus, in a normal females there are 46 chromosomes in total, with the 45 chromosomes being autosomal(body chromosomes), while the 46th chromosome is the sex determining chromosome of a female XX or a make XY. However, Turner's syndrome does not affect males but rather females, which occurs

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    Klinefelter syndrome is a common genetic condition affecting men that causes various complications to the male body and brain. Caused by a variation during meiosis, this then grows to a large complication through a patient’s life. The symptoms of this disorder are varied and hard to diagnose, leading to many cases left undiagnosed. Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by an additional x chromosome in men, affecting their sexual development and leading to learning disabilities. Klinefelter

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    “[Twenty-five] Important Klinefelter Syndrome Statistics. Klinefelter syndrome [KS] is a genetic chromosomal condition that affects only men.” (healthsearch funding.org.) Klinefelter Syndrome causes changes to their cognitive and physical development.The Klinefelter syndrome affects a lot of sex characteristics the origin of this syndromes discovery was in 1442 by a doctor named Harry Klinefelter and his co-workers when they first described the features that is known as Klinefelter Syndrome. Klinefelter

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    What if you were the one who always got mad because you blood pressure was so high that is reached the sky. What if you were so short you couldn’t reach the counter, or what if you always had to be afraid of needles going into your arm every 2 hours? There are over 3,000 girls per day that get diagnosed with the turner syndrome, The turner syndrome can really affect how girls live in there normally daily lives. The turner syndrome can only be effected by girls, one of the main symptoms is that

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    Wolf-Hirschorn Syndrome

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    A) Wolf-Hirschorn syndrome, also called deletion 4p syndrome amongst others This is a genetic disorder caused by a missing piece of chromosome 4. It is a rare disease and only affects about 1:50,000 births. The result of this missing piece on the short arm of chromosome 4 is a wide range of physical and developmental symptoms and impairments. These include microcephaly, slow growth in utero and postpartum, hypotonia, seizures, profound intellectual disability, cryptorchidism, and hypospadias, amongst

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    Turner syndrome was first discovered by Henry H. Turner, MD, the pioneer endocrinologist who lived from 1892 to 1970 and is also credited with publishing the first manuscript in 1938 that described the syndrome that bears his name. Turner syndrome is a chromosomal condition that alters development in the female sex. Women with this condition are commonly shorter than average and are usually unable to conceive a child, or become pregnant because of the absence of ovarian function. The syndrome is

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    Turner syndrome is a form of chromosomal condition that describes women and girls who have abnormal features, which are caused by either a partial or complete absence of the second sex, “X,” chromosome. Dr. Henry Turner was one of the first persons to describe these features in the 1938, and the syndrome is named after him. He observed and studied seven girls with similar “odd” features. “Turner Syndrome occurs in about one out of every two thousand females who are born, as well as in up to as many

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    INTRODUCTION Turner syndrome is a common chromosomal abnormality, occurring in approximately 1 in 2000 live-born female infants. it results when an X chromosome is missing or partially missing. Turner syndrome can cause medico-developmental problems, including short stature, failure to start puberty, infertility, heart defects, thyroid problems, certain learning disabilities and social adjustment problems. About 10-30% of cases develop hypothyroidism. This is often associated with thyroid enlargement

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    What Is Xyy Syndrome?

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    Imagine being a kid, going to school and struggling a little more than everyone else. You're the tallest in your class, and different than your friends. You can’t pronounce words as well as they can, and they can’t really understand you. You have to have special classes to help with your learning disabilities. These things describe XYY Syndrome, also known as 47, XYY Syndrome; Jacob’s Syndrome; XYY Karyotype; and YY Syndrome. (NORD). It is a genetic disease in which males have an extra Y chromosome

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