Klinefelter syndrome

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2259-2262

  Wattendorf, Daniel J ^a,b   Muenke, Maximilian ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN THERAPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY THERAPY; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE;

EID: 28744431825     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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