Klinefelter syndrome

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Klinefelter syndrome, 47, XXY, or XXY syndrome is when people have an extra number of X chromosomes.[1] People who have Klinefelter's Syndrome are often called "XXY Males", or "47, XXY Males".[2] Other males can have Klinefelter's Syndrome as well (for example, mice).[3] Males who have this condition are almost always infertile. This means that they cannot father babies.[4]

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  1. Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 179. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1 .
  2. Bock, Robert (August 1993). "Understanding Klinefelter Syndrome: A Guide for XXY Males and their Families" (HTML). NIH Pub. No. 93-3202. Office of Research Reporting, NICHD. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/klinefelter.cfm. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  3. Russell, Liane Brauch (9 June 1961). "Genetics of Mammalian Sex Chromosomes MOUSE STUDIES THROW LIGHT ON THE FUNCTIONS AND ON THE OCCASIONALLY ABERRANT BEHAVIOR OF SEX CHROMOSOMES". Science 133 (3467): 1795-1803. doi:10.1126/science.133.3467.1795

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