New concepts in Klinefelter syndrome

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 621-627

  Paduch, Darius A ^a,b   Fine, Ronnie G ^a   Bolyakov, Alexander ^a   Kiper, Joseph ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypogonadism; Klinefelter syndrome; Meiosis; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; TESTOSTERONE;

CRYOPRESERVATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; MALE STERILITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGY;

EID: 55149119375     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32831367c7     Document Type: Review

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