Klinefelter sydrome is a chromosomal condition that effects the physical and mental development of about 1 in 500 to 1000 live male births. But there is some speculation as the whether or not those statistics are accurate- as many researchers posit that mild cases of this genetic disorder go undiagnosed. Other forms of the disease are rarer- and may only occur in about 1 in 50,000 live male births.
Klinefelter syndrome, also known as the XXY condition, bears the name of German-born doctor Harry Klinefelter, who first described the disease in 1942 while researching alongside Fuller Albright in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Harry Klinefelter
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