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Early Developmental Pathways and Communication Good Practices

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Klinefelter’s Syndrome

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The aim of this chapter is to describe the early developmental pathways of patients with Klinefelter syndrome (KS) and communication good practices, according to the studies of the literature. Behavioural phenotype of this genetic condition is wide and heterogenous for both clinical and neuropsychiatric aspects. The spread of prenatal diagnosis demonstrated that the outcomes are much better than those described in the original literature.

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  1. Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Unit, Foundation IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Gaia Silibello, Francesca Dall’Ara, Paola Francesca Ajmone & Federico Monti

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Laura Zampini

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Silibello, G., Dall’Ara, F., Ajmone, P.F., Monti, F., Zampini, L. (2020). Early Developmental Pathways and Communication Good Practices. In: Garolla, A., Corona, G. (eds) Klinefelter’s Syndrome. Trends in Andrology and Sexual Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51410-5_7

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