Klinfelter's syndrome; a common but poorly known sex chromosome anomaly;Klinefelters syndrom drabbar pojkar: Underdiagnostiserad kromosomrubbning

Lakartidningen

Volumn , Issue 23, 1998, Pages 2686-2693

  Hagenäs, Lars ^a,b   Arver, Stefan ^b  

^a Barnkliniken ^*  (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ART; CHILD; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; UNITED STATES; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; CHILD; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; PORTRAITS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032478889     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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