[A case of 49 XXXXY gonadosomatic dysgenesis: clinical elements and biological consequences of polysomy X]

Pediatrie. 1985 Oct-Nov;40(7):565-71.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Discovery of 49 XXXXY syndrome in a six years young boy allows description of the main clinical characteristics of this disease: hypotrophy, facial anomalies, hypogenitalism, delayed speech development and oligophrenia. Radio-cubital synostosis is quite specific in this syndrome. The hypothesis of a correlation between clinical anomalies and excess of genes induced by polysomia has been suggested. We give results of five X-linked enzymatic activities: steroid sulfatase (STS) (located on the probably noninactivated segment), Hypoxanthine Guanine Phosphoribosyl Transferase (HGPRT), Glucose 6 Phosphate Déshydrogenase (G6PD), Phospho Glycerate Kinase (PGK), Alpha Galactosidase A (Alpha GAL A). Only STS activity seems to be significatively increased.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Chromosome Aberrations / enzymology
  • Chromosome Disorders
  • Gonadal Dysgenesis / enzymology
  • Gonadal Dysgenesis / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sex Chromosome Aberrations / diagnosis*
  • X Chromosome*