Facilitating screening of Klinefelter syndrome among patients with diabetes

Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is frequently complicated by diabetes. However, it is severely underdiagnosed due to a lack of reliable screening methods. We diagnosed two patients with KS at the Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan...

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Autores principales: Seno, Yohei, Iwasaki, Yorihiro, Aizawa‐Abe, Megumi, Iwasaki, Kanako, Yoshiji, Satoshi, Honjo, Sachiko, Hamasaki, Akihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7078131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31389187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jdi.13113
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Sumario:Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is frequently complicated by diabetes. However, it is severely underdiagnosed due to a lack of reliable screening methods. We diagnosed two patients with KS at the Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan. By comparing the patients with 39 non‐KS patients with diabetes, we propose a screening tool for KS in patients with diabetes.[Image: see text]

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