Klinefelter's Syndrome with Growth Hormone Deficiency
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0918-5739,1347-7358
DOI: 10.1297/cpe.4.supple6_127