Leydig cell tumor of the testis presenting male infertility: A case report

Acta Urologica Japonica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-42

  Abe, Toyofumi ^a   Takaha, Natsuki ^a   Tsujimura, Akira ^a   Nonomura, Norio ^a   Matsumiya, Kiyomi ^a   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a   Miyazaki, Kazunori ^b   Tsujimoto, Yuichi ^a   Takayama, Hitoshi ^a   Aozasa, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Miyazaki Ladies' Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infertility; Leydig cell tumor; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLLITROPIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; ORCHIECTOMY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ADULT; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SPERM COUNT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037223755     PISSN: 00181994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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