47,XXY Klinefelter syndrome: Clinical characteristics and age-specific recommendations for medical management

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-63

  Aksglaede, Lise ^a   Link, Katarina ^b   Giwercman, Aleksander ^b   Jørgensen, Niels ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a   Juul, Anders ^c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Androgen substitution; Fertility; Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism; Klinefelter syndrome; Tall stature

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; AZOOSPERMIA; BONE MINERALIZATION; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CRYPTORCHISM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GYNECOMASTIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANCY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TURNER SYNDROME;

AGING; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873086506     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: 15524876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31349     Document Type: Article

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