sodium-ethylxanthate and Klinefelter-Syndrome

In this report, we present the overall sexual function and clinical features of patients with Klinefelter's syndrome with the chief complaint of male infertility. The study consisted of 40 patients with a control group of 55 infertile non-azoospermic males with a normal 46,XY karyotype who visited the Reproduction Center of Toho University Hospital during the 5.5-year period between January 1991 and June 1996 with the chief complaint of male infertility. Among the 40 patients with Klinefelter's syndrome, 38 cases were pure 47,XXY, one case was 47,XXY with a pericentric inversion of chromosome 9 and one case was a mosaic of 46,XY/47,XXY(2:28). Thirty-nine of these 40 patients were azoospermic and one (47,XXY) had severe oligoasthenozoospermia. The sexual function of the patients was evaluated according to their responses to a preliminary questionnaire devised by our department. There was no significant difference in the frequency of sexual function disturbances between the patients with Klinefelter's syndrome and the control group (67.5% vs. 60.0%; chi 2 analysis; p = 0.454). The mean frequency of sexual intercourse per month in the patients with Klinefelter's syndrome was significantly higher than in the control group (4.4 +/- 2.8 vs 3.3 +/- 1.6: Welch's t-test, p < 0.05). A possible explanation for this variation may lie in the fact that many of these patients were diagnosed with azoospermia poor to the administration of the questionnaire and may have wished to continue to have relations as a couple.

Topics: Adult; Chromosome Inversion; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; Ejaculation; Follicle Stimulating Hormone; Humans; Infertility, Male; Karyotyping; Klinefelter Syndrome; Libido; Luteinizing Hormone; Male; Orgasm; Penile Erection; Prolactin; Semen; Sex; Sexual Behavior; Surveys and Questionnaires; Testis; Testosterone

Topics: Adult; Behavior; Cognition; Female; Humans; Identification, Psychological; Intelligence; Klinefelter Syndrome; Male; Personality; Personality Development; Psychological Tests; Psychosexual Development; Role; Self Concept; Sex; Sexual Behavior; Turner Syndrome; Verbal Behavior

Topics: Brain Damage, Chronic; Humans; Intelligence; Intelligence Tests; Klinefelter Syndrome; Male; Paraphilic Disorders; Psychopathology; Sex

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Humans; Identification, Psychological; Karyotyping; Klinefelter Syndrome; Male; Psychosexual Development; Role; Sex; Transsexualism; Transvestism

Topics: Adult; Child Rearing; Disorders of Sex Development; Dreams; Fantasy; Female; Humans; Identification, Psychological; Klinefelter Syndrome; Male; Sex; Sex Chromosomes; Testis

Topics: Fantasy; Humans; Hypogonadism; Identification, Psychological; Klinefelter Syndrome; Male; Mental Disorders; Sex; Transsexualism; Transvestism

Topics: Castration; Gender Identity; Homosexuality; Humans; Klinefelter Syndrome; Male; Orchiectomy; Sex; Suicide; Transvestism

Topics: Alcoholism; Chromosome Aberrations; Humans; Hypogonadism; Intellectual Disability; Klinefelter Syndrome; Mental Disorders; Mentally Ill Persons; Neurotic Disorders; Paranoid Disorders; Psychological Tests; Schizophrenia; Sex; Sex Chromatin; Sex Chromosome Aberrations; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Blood Group Antigens; Humans; Klinefelter Syndrome; Sex; Turner Syndrome

Topics: Chromosomes; Female; Humans; Klinefelter Syndrome; Ovary; Sex; Sex Chromosomes; Sexual Development