Reduced artery diameters in Klinefelter syndrome

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 720-725

  Foresta, C ^a   Caretta, N ^a   Palego, P ^a   Ferlin, A ^a   Zuccarello, D ^a   Lenzi, A ^b   Selice, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artery diameter; Brachial FMD; Klinefelter syndrome; Reproductive hormones

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; VASODILATION;

EID: 84866165867     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01269.x     Document Type: Article

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