Reproduction in men with Klinefelter syndrome: The past, the present, and the future

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-148

  Paduch, Darius A ^a,b   Bolyakov, Alexander ^a   Cohen, Paula ^c   Travis, Alexander ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Klinefelter syndrome; Meiosis; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; KALLMANN SYNDROME; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASTURBATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MICROSURGICAL EPIDIDYMAL SPERM ASPIRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; X CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MASTURBATION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 63449100576     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1202302     Document Type: Article

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