Do we perform too many hCG tests?

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 355-356

  Stanhope, R ^a,b  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; INHIBIN B; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CRYPTORCHISM; EDITORIAL; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; KALLMANN SYNDROME; LEYDIG CELL; PREPUBERTY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0141926392     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2003.16.3.355     Document Type: Editorial

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