Klinefelter syndrome and mediastinal germ cell tumors

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 140 A, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 471-481

  Völkl, Thomas M K ^a   Langer, Thorsten ^a   Aigner, Thomas ^b   Greess, Holger ^b   Beck, Jörn D ^a   Rauch, Anita M ^b   Dörr, Helmuth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; Klinefelter; Polyembryoma; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MIXED TUMOR; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERATOMA; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

CHILD; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 33644866373     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31103     Document Type: Article

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