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Studies on the activity of the pituitary-gonadal axis in the XYY syndrome1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

A. Wakeling ,
A. Haq ,
F. Naftolin ,
M. P. Neill  and
R. Horton
A. Wakeling
Affiliation:
From the Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London
A. Haq
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
F. Naftolin
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, U.S.A.
M. P. Neill
Affiliation:
Moss Side Hospital, Maghull, Liverpool, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
R. Horton
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
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Synopsis

Results are presented of pituitary gonadotrophic and testicular steroid hormone assays carried out on 11 phenotypic males with a 47, XYY karyotype. These results are compared with those from a control group of normal ambulant males and a group of patients with a 46, XY karyotype who were detained in a maximum security hospital.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 1973 , pp. 28 - 38
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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