What’s in a name? The fourth edition of the ‘Workshop on Klinefelter and other supernumerary sex chromosome abnormalities’ was held on October 8- 10 in Padua, Northern Italy. In 2022 the title was ‘3rd International Workshop on Klinefelter Syndrome, Trisomy
Please bear with me, I am not perfect
My diagnostic journey I was diagnosed with mosaic trisomy X when I was 41 y old. After reading about a woman my age with this diagnosis, I wanted to know if I had the same. I, a biomedical information specialist
47challenge
In het najaar van 2024 deed ik mee aan de 47challenge, een actie van Chromodiversity Foundation. Het doel is aandacht te vragen voor mensen met een extra X- of Y-chromosoom. Zij hebben in totaal 47 chromosomen, vandaar de 47. Ik
Reflections on DCD and Chromodiversity
From June 5th to Jun 9th I was in Ghent, Belgium on a combined DCD15-IMDRC6, a joint conference of the International Motor Development Research Consortium and the International Society of Research and Advocacy for Development Coordination Disorder. My reason for
No super female nor bad child
Trisomy X was discovered in 1959 in humans after it was discovered in Drosophila flies in 1929. The flies were often used in medical research in those days. The flies with three X chromosomes were nicknamed ‘super female’. This name