Development of true precocious puberty following treatment of a Leydig cell tumor of the testis

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1679-1681

  Ghazi, A A M ^a   Rahimi, F ^a   Mahmood, M ^a   Abadi, S ^a   Sadeghi Nejad, A ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Leydig cell tumor; Precocious puberty; Precocity; Sexual precocity; Testicular tumor; Testis; True precocity

Indexed keywords

CYPROTERONE; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; TESTIS TUMOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0035674815     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2001.14.9.1679     Document Type: Article

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