Ten-year follow-up in a boy with Leydig cell tumor after selective surgery

Hormone Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 96-100

  Konrad, Daniel ^a   Schoenle, Eugen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Leydig cell tumor; Orchiectomy; Precocious puberty; Testis sparing surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TESTIS; TESTIS TUMOR;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; PUBERTY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0033052826     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023323     Document Type: Article

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