Testosterone therapy in microphallic hypospadias: Topical or parenteral?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-223

  Chalapathi, G ^a   Rao, K L N ^a,b   Chowdhary, S K ^a   Narasimhan, K L ^a   Samujh, Ram ^a   Mahajan, J K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PGI   (India)

Author keywords

Hypospadias; Microphallus; Parenteral testosterone; Penile growth; Topical testosterone

Indexed keywords

METHYLTESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HAIR GROWTH; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; MICROPENIS; ORGAN GROWTH; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0037310315     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50047     Document Type: Article

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