Diagnosis of Variant Klinefelter Syndrome in a 21-Year-Old Male Who Presented with Sparse Facial Hair
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Received June 14, 2011, Revised September 17, 2011, Accepted for publication September 19, 2011 Corresponding author: Seda Purnak, M.D., Department of Dermatology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, 5. sok No. 48 Bahcelievler Ankara 06490, Turkey. Tel: 90-505-6459946, Fax: 90-312-2152631, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Diagnosis of Variant Klinefelter Syndrome in a 21-Year-Old Male Who Presented with Sparse Facial Hair
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دوره 24 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2012