Glossary for Sex chromosome conditions

• Bizarre medical conditions: Various unusual and unexpected medical disorders
• Chromosome conditions: Various genetic conditions where a chromosome is partially or totally misplaced.
• Graft-versus-host disease: A disease characterised by an immune response as a result of a transplantation or transfusion resulting in a widespread systemic inflammatory response
• Intersex conditions: When the sex of an individual is not clear and may comprise characteristics of both sexes
• Jacobs syndrome: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by heart inflammation (pericardium), joint disease and permanent finger flexion. The number of joints affected is variable.
• Klinefelter syndrome: A genetic condition where males have at least one extra X chromosome or extra copies of both the X and Y chromosomes in each cell. Normally male cells contain one X and one Y chromosome in each cell. The condition is not inherited but is a result of problems during cell division. Klinefelter syndrome variants is a more severe form of the condition as it involves more than one extra X or X and Y chromosome in each cell.
• Triple-X syndrome: A condition that is characterised by the occurrence of three X chromosomes
• Turner Syndrome: Rare chromosome syndrome with one X but no second X or Y chromosome.

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