Varicocele in prepubertal boys: Evaluation of clinical, doppler and hormonal findings

Medicina

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 679-682

  Fideleff, Hugo L ^a   Boquete, Hugo ^a   Ruibal, Gabriela ^a   Suarez, Martha ^a   Sobrado, Patricia ^a   Zanchetti, Fernando ^b   Perco, Mariano ^b   Holland, Matilde ^a  

^a Hospital General De Agudos Teodoro Alvarez   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Prepubertal gonadal evaluation; Prepubertal varicocele; Scrotal Doppler

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCROTUM; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SCROTUM; TESTOSTERONE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0030310239     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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