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Electroencephalographic Examination in the XYY Syndrome and in Klinefelter's Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Johannes Nielsen
Affiliation:
The Cytogenetic Laboratory, Århus State Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
Takayuki Tsuboi
Affiliation:
The Cytogenetic Laboratory, Århus State Hospital, Risskov, Denmark

Extract

Previous electroencephalographic studies of persons with sex chromosome aberrations have indicated that there might be more electroencephalographic aberrations in males with double Y and double X than in the general population. A survey of these studies has recently been made by Fenton et al. (1971).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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References

Fenton, G. W., Tennent, T. G., Comish, K. A. & Rattray, N. (1971) The EEG and sex chromosome abnormalities. Brit. J. Psychiat., 119, 185—90.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Petersen, I. & Eeg-Olofsson, O. (1971) The development of the electroencephalogram in normal children from the age of 1 through 15 years. Neuropädiatrie, 2, 247304.Google Scholar
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