title: Predicting intellectual functioning in 47,XXY boys from characteristics of sibs.
abstract: Observations on the intellectual and educational functioning of neonatally identified 47,XXY boys and their sibs are presented. Equations for predicting the intellectual abilities of extra X boys on the basis of those of their sibs are provided. These may be useful to professionals engaged in counselling parents or possible parents of 47,XXY males.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007713:Klinefelter Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012801:Sibling Relations; D014888:Wechsler Scales