Inhibin B and anti-müllerian hormone, but not testosterone levels, are normal in infants with nonmosaic klinefelter syndrome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1864-1868

  Lahlou, Najiba ^a   Fennoy, Ilene ^b   Carel, Jean Claude ^a   Roger, Marc ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SECRETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEYDIG CELL; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INHIBINS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MOSAICISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 1942472654     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031624     Document Type: Article

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