Mortality in patients with Klinefelter syndrome in britain: A cohort study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6516-6522

  Swerdlow, Anthony J ^a   Higgins, Craig D ^a   Schoemaker, Minouk J ^a   Wright, Alan F ^b   Jacobs, Patricia A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYTOGENETICS; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KARYOTYPE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSAICISM; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 28744448247     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-1077     Document Type: Article

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