Evaluation of the tubular and interstitial functions of the testis in 46,XY patients with ambiguous genitalia

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 605-612

  Stuchi Perez, Eliana Gabas ^a   Lukas Croisier, Céline ^b   De Castro, Margaret ^a   Baptista, Maria Tereza Matias ^a   Scolfaro, Márcia Ribeiro ^a   Marques De Faria, Antonia Paula ^a   Hackel, Christine ^a   Maciel Guerra, Andréa Trevas ^a   Júnior, Gil Guerra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

5 Reductase deficiency; Androgen insensitivity; Anti Mullerian hormone; Gonadal dysgenesis; Intersex; Leydig cell; Puberty; Sertoli cell; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SERTOLI CELLS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDERS; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE;

EID: 0342323790     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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