Chromosomal variants in Klinefelter syndrome

Sexual Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 109-123

  Fruhmesser A ^a   Kotzot, D ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Klinefelter syndrome; Sex chromosome abnormalities

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS;

EID: 79958770376     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327324     Document Type: Review

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