Clinical and inheritance profiles of Kallmann syndrome in Jordan

Reproductive Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  AbuJbara, Mousa A ^a   Hamamy, Hanan A ^a   Jarrah, Nadim S ^a   Shegem, Nadima S ^a   Ajlouni, Kamel M ^a  

^a National Center for Diabetes Endocrinology and Genetics Jordan   (Jordan)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DELAYED PUBERTY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; JORDAN; KALLMANN SYNDROME; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROPENIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIMARY AMENORRHEA; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 15444370240     PISSN: 17424755     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-1-5     Document Type: Article

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