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Syndrome X
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Syndrome X may refer to cardiac syndrome X, metabolic syndrome and single X syndrome, where an individual has a single X chromosome, typically described as Turner syndrome. The otherwise unidentifiable rare disease afflicting Brooke Greenberg and only about half a dozen other people in the world.
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]