Brain morphology in Klinefelter syndrome: Extra X chromosome and testosterone supplementation

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2218-2223

  Patwardhan, A J ^c   Eliez, S ^c   Bender, B ^a   Linden, M G ^a   Reiss, A L ^b  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain morphology; Extra X chromosome; Klinefelter syndrome; Testosterone supplementation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034720808     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.12.2218     Document Type: Article

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