Clinical and diagnostic features of patients with suspected Klinefelter syndrome

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-48

  Kamischke, Axel ^a   Baumgardt, Arthur ^a   Horst, Jürgen ^b   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a,c  

^a Institute of Reproductive Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

47,XXY; Barr body analysis; Male hypogonadism; Testosterone substitution

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; INCIDENCE; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TESTIS SIZE; X CHROMATIN;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HORMONES; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEX CHROMATIN; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SPERM COUNT; TESTIS;

EID: 0242472011     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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