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Comparative study of psychiatric patients with Klinefelter's syndrome and hypogonadism1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

A. Wakeling
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London

Synopsis

Eleven psychiatric patients with Klinefelter's syndrome are described and compared with nine patients in whom psychiatric illness was associated with hypogonadism due to causes other than chromosomal abnormality. The possible role of endocrine factors in the psychopathology of Klinefelter's syndrome is discussed in the light of the clinical and physical findings.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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