A characteristic cognitive and behavioral pattern as a clue to suspect Klinefelter syndrome in prepubertal age

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 745-749

  Messina, Maria Francesca ^a   Sgrò, Domenica Lucia ^a   Aversa, Tommaso ^a   Pecoraro, Maria ^a   Valenzise, Mariella ^a   De Luca, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioral symptoms; Case reports; Intellectual disability; Klinefelter syndrome; Learning disorders

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRYPTORCHISM; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREPUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCROTUM DISORDER; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TALL STATURE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; KARYOTYPE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE;

EID: 84866173801     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.05.110232     Document Type: Article

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