 Klinefelter Syndrome
"Klinefelter Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of male HYPOGONADISM, characterized by the presence of an extra X CHROMOSOME, small TESTES, seminiferous tubule dysgenesis, elevated levels of GONADOTROPINS, low serum TESTOSTERONE, underdeveloped secondary sex characteristics, and male infertility (INFERTILITY, MALE). Patients tend to have long legs and a slim, tall stature. GYNECOMASTIA is present in many of the patients. The classic form has the karyotype 47,XXY. Several karyotype variants include 48,XXYY; 48,XXXY; 49,XXXXY, and mosaic patterns ( 46,XY/47,XXY; 47,XXY/48,XXXY, etc.).
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D007713
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.706.316.795.500 C13.351.875.253.795.500 C16.131.260.830.835.500 C16.131.939.316.795.500 C16.320.180.830.835.500 C19.391.119.795.500 C19.391.482.629
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| Concept/Terms |
Klinefelter Syndrome- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Klinefelter Syndromes
- Syndrome, Klinefelter
- Syndromes, Klinefelter
- XXY Syndrome
- Syndrome, XXY
- Syndromes, XXY
- XXY Syndromes
- Klinefelter's Syndrome
- Klinefelters Syndrome
- Syndrome, Klinefelter's
- XX Male Syndrome
- Syndrome, XX Male
- Syndromes, XX Male
- XX Male Syndromes
Klinefelter Syndrome, Variants- Klinefelter Syndrome, Variants
- Klinefelter Syndromes, Variants
- Syndrome, Variants Klinefelter
- Syndromes, Variants Klinefelter
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Klinefelter Syndrome" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Harris VM, Sharma R, Cavett J, Kurien BT, Liu K, Koelsch KA, Rasmussen A, Radfar L, Lewis D, Stone DU, Kaufman CE, Li S, Segal B, Wallace DJ, Weisman MH, Venuturupalli S, Kelly JA, Alarcon-Riquelme ME, Pons-Estel B, Jonsson R, Lu X, Gottenberg JE, Anaya JM, Cunninghame-Graham DS, Huang AJW, Brennan MT, Hughes P, Alevizos I, Miceli-Richard C, Keystone EC, Bykerk VP, Hirschfield G, Xie G, Siminovitch KA, Ng WF, Nordmark G, Bucher SM, Eriksson P, Omdal R, Rhodus NL, Rischmueller M, Rohrer M, Wahren-Herlenius M, Witte T, Mariette X, Lessard CJ, Harley JB, Sivils KL, Scofield RH. Klinefelter's syndrome (47,XXY) is in excess among men with Sj?gren's syndrome. Clin Immunol. 2016 07; 168:25-29.
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