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Genetic features of the X chromosome affect pubertal development and testicular degeneration in adolescent boys with Klinefelter syndrome.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Jul 2006
Wikström Anne M, Painter Jodie N, Raivio Taneli, Aittomäki Kristiina, Dunkel Leo
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate how genetic features of the X chromosome influence growth, pubertal development and testicular degeneration in adolescent boys with Klinefelter syndrome (KS). Previous studies have suggested that genetic features of the X chromosome may contribute to the wide phenotypic variation in KS. DESIGN: A prospective clinical study. PATIENTS: Fourteen nonmosaic 47,XXY boys, aged 10-13.9 years....
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