Klinefelter’s Syndrome, Autoimmunity, and Associated Endocrinopathies

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 838-839

  Aoki, Norihiko ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

hyperinsulinemia; hypoandrogenism; immune system

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033227789     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.838     Document Type: Article

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