Counselling of a couple faced with a prenatal diagnosis of Klinefelter syndrome

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 917-922

  Girardin, Céline M ^a   Van Vliet, Guy ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

47 XXY karyotype; Klinefelter syndrome; Prenatal counselling

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

BODY HEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEARNING DISORDER; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TESTIS SIZE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPOUSES;

EID: 79955521316     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02156.x     Document Type: Review

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