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Among male patients reported to date who have hypogonadism and RAD are individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) [ 4, 5, 6, 7], lupus anticoagulant and antiphospholipid syndrome associated [ 8], scleroderma [ 9, 10, 11, 12], rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [ 13], ankylosing spondylitis (AS) [ 14, 15, 16], and polymyositis [ 17], while Turner's syndrome has been associated with autoimmune thyroiditis [ 3], juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) [ 18], and juvenile-onset inflammatory bowel disease [ 19].
We did not find adult RA, scleroderma, scleroderma/CREST, psoriatic arthritis, or Behcet's syndrome.
In the patients, the rheumatolgic evaluation included a search for the presence of diagnostic criteria for SLE, RA, AS, psoriatic arthritis, JRA, polymyositis/dermatomyositis, scleroderma/CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia), and Behcet's syndrome [ 22].
Other disease-related terms include 'Precancerous conditions' (11,8), 'Pulmonary fibrosis' (5,5; a condition involving chronic inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the pulmonary alveolar walls), and 'Systemic scleroderma' (4,6; characterized by hardening of affected tissues).