Most children with Fragile X Syndrome will also be found to have autism, that is genetic.
Triple X syndrome is also called trisomy X, triplo X syndrome and XXX syndrome.
If this is the case, then the female is said to have a mosaic form of triple X syndrome.
Because only some cells contain the extra X chromosome, females with the mosaic form of triple X syndrome may have less severe symptoms.
Bear's work suggests that a specific class of drug already sitting on drug company shelves may help patients with an inherited disease called fragile X syndrome, a common cause of autism.
While some experts insist Syndrome X is a disease and that a genetic flaw is the cause, others argue Syndrome X is merely a precursor to other ailments, including heart disease and adult-onset diabetes.
If drugmakers can find new drugs that can silence Syndrome X, also known as metabolic syndrome, they could deal a devastating blow to heart disease--and reap huge sales.
Originally the trials were considered a huge success when a number of patients were successfully treated for the X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (X-Scid) which is more commonly known as the "Boy in the Bubble" syndrome.
Sleuthing for a Syndrome X gene is in its very early stages, with no successes yet.
In Syndrome X, the body overproduces insulin because the cells refuse to listen to its instructions.
The medical community accepted Reaven's notion of insulin resistance but balked at Syndrome X.
The term "Syndrome X" was coined by Stanford University endrocrinologist Gerald Reaven in 1988.
Yes, Cecchi had diabetes, but he also had something far worse: Syndrome X.
Research into Syndrome X dates back to 1965, when Stanford University endocrinologist Gerald Reaven was examining the properties of insulin.
Reaven saw all of these problems as a result of insulin resistance, and his term, Syndrome X, started to take off.
For 16 years researchers have studied the mysterious malady known as "Syndrome X, " which was first described by Stanford University endocrinologist Gerald Reaven in 1988.
One mystery yet to be solved is why people with Syndrome X have smaller particles of low density lipids, the type of cholesterol most likely to block arteries.
Nevertheless, drug firms are in hot pursuit of decoding Syndrome X's secrets, eyeing a potential patient pool of an estimated 70 million Americans who are insulin resistant.
At the clinic, run by Dr. Geeta Shroff, a former obstetrician and pediatrician who admits she is self taught in the practice of stem cell medicine, Cash received embryonic stem cell injections for a disorder that resembles Down syndrome and is caused by a missing part of his X chromosome.
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It's also referred to as 47, XXX syndrome because of the existence of a 47th chromosome, which is the extra X chromosome.
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