Klinefelter's syndrome does not cause delayed puberty

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7893, 2013, Pages

  Butler, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANEUPLOIDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LETTER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MALE; NOTE;

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; KALLMANN SYNDROME; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE;

EID: 84873375641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f518     Document Type: Letter

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