Leg ulcers associated with Klinefelter's syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

International Wound Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-107

  Shanmugam, Victoria K ^a   Tsagaris, Katina C ^a   Attinger, Christopher E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis; Klinefelter's syndrome; Leg ulcer; Prothrombotic

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; IMMOBILIZATION; KARYOTYPE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEARNING DISORDER; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LEG ULCER; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MUCINOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY DISORDERS; TESTIS ATROPHY; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEG ULCER; MALE;

EID: 84855573052     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2011.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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