CHROMOSOME ERRORS IN MEN WITH ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR COMPARISON OF SELECTED MEN WITH KLINEFELTER'S SYNDROME AND XYY CHROMOSOME PATTERN

• NCJ Number: 54106
• Journal: Journal of the American Medical Association Volume: 214 Issue: 5 Dated: (NOVEMBER 2, 1970) Pages: 869-878
• Author(s): D BAKER; M A TELFER; C E RICHARDSON; GR CLARK
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: American Medical Assoc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CYTOGENETIC SCREENING OF 876 MALES IN PRISONS AND FACILITIES FOR THE MENTALLY ILL AND RETARDED IDENTIFIED 23 MEN WITH HISTORIES OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR WHO EVIDENCED CHROMOSOME ERRORS.

Abstract

OF THE 23 PERSONS IDENTIFIED WITH SEX CHROMOSOME ERRORS, 7 WITH 47,XYY CHROMOSOME PATTERN AND 8 WITH KLINEFELTER'S SYNDROME WERE COMPARED. BOTH GROUPS DISPLAYED TALL STATURE AND ELONGATED LOWER SEGMENTS; THE XYY MALES AVERAGED 3 INCHES TALLER (75.4 INCHES) THAN THE KLINEFELTER MALES. IN CONTRAST TO 47,XYY MALES, KLINEFELTER MALES UNIFORMLY DISPLAYED ATROPHIC TESTES AND BUCCAL SMEARS POSITIVE FOR SEX CHROMATIN. FACIAL ACNE, ULCEROUS VARICOSITIES OF THE LEGS, AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS WERE INCONSISTENT FEATURES FOR BOTH GROUPS. THE KLINEFELTER MALES OF THIS SERIES DISPLAYED A MEAN INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT OF 80 AS OPPOSED TO 84 FOR THE 47,XYY MALES. A WIDE SPECTRUM OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PSYCHOPATHY, INCLUDING PSYCHOSIS, WAS MANIFESTED IN BOTH GROUPS. HOWEVER, ONLY ONE SUBJECT, A KLINEFELTER MALE, HAD COMMITTED MURDER, AND WAS ALSO THE ONLY SUBJECT TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED. NONE OF THE 15 MEN WAS KNOWN TO HAVE FATHERED CHILDREN. TABULAR DATA, CASE STUDIES, AND REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--KBL)