Klinefelter syndrome: Are we missing opportunities for early detection?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 936-941

  Nahata, Leena ^a   Rosoklija, Ilina ^a   Yu, Richard N ^a   Cohen, Laurie E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

early detection; Klinefelter syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ICD-9; INGUINAL HERNIA; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS;

EARLY DETECTION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884200141     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922813493831     Document Type: Article

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