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Extreme Tall Stature in a Japanese Boy with a 48,XXYY Karyotype

We report an 18-yr-old Japanese boy with a 48,XXYY karyotype and extreme tall stature (194 cm). A GnRH test at 12.5 yr of age showed hypergonadotropism (LH, 4.2 → 72.2 mIU/mL; FSH, 28.9 → 61.7 mIU/mL), and an hCG test at 15.5 yr of age revealed a normal testosterone response (1.67 → 4.08 ng/mL). The...

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Autores principales: Katsushima, Yuriko, Katsushima, Fumio, Katsushima, Noriko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4004920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24790359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1297/cpe.17.27