Clinical measurement of testicular volume in adolescents: Comparison of the reliability of 5 methods

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2050-2053

  Chipkevitch, Eugenio ^a   Nishimura, Roberto T ^a   Tu, Daisy G S ^a   Galea Rojas, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

spermatogenesis; statistics; testis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 0029861355     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65433-8     Document Type: Article

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