Gonadoblastoid testicular dysplasia in Walker-Warburg syndrome

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 393-404

  Hung, Noelyn A ^a   Silver, Meredith M ^a,b   Chitayat, David ^a,b   Provias, John ^a   Toi, A ^b,c   Jay, Venita ^a   Becker, Laurence E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypogonadism; Micro orchia; Testicular dysplasia; Walker Warburg syndrome

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; TESTIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; TESTIS;

EID: 0032149377     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900054     Document Type: Article

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