Increased basal and pulsatile secretion of FSH and LH in young men with 47,XXY or 46,XX karyotypes

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 803-810

  Aksglaede, Lise ^a   Jensen, Rikke Beck ^a   Carlsen, Elisabeth ^a   Kok, Petra ^b   Keenan, Daniel M ^c   Veldhuis, Johannes ^b   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a   Juul, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SRY GENE; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; TESTIS SIZE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; HYPOGONADISM; KARYOTYPE 47,XYY; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; XYY KARYOTYPE;

EID: 44949168541     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-07-0709     Document Type: Article

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