KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 89 · KROK (Dentistry)
An 18-year-old boy applied to a geneticist. The boy has asthenic constitution: narrow shoulders, broad pelvis, nearly hairless face. Evident mental deficiency. The provisional diagnosis was Klinefelter’s syndrome. What method of clinical genetics will enable the doctor to confirm this diagnosis?
- A. Twin study
- B. Genealogical
- C. Dermatoglyphics
- D. Cytogenetic
- E. Population-and-statistical
Hint
Klinefelter syndrome is a sex chromosome aneuploidy; ask which method lets you directly see chromosomes or sex chromatin.
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