Plasma testosterone response at 1st and 4th day after short- and long-term hCG stimulation test

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-314

  Adiyaman, Pelin ^a   Öcal, Gönül ^a   Berberoǧlu, Merih ^a   Aycan, Zehra ^a   Evliyaoǧlu, Olcay ^a   Çetinkaya, Ergun ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Short and long term hCG stimulation test; Testosterone response

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LEYDIG CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPENIS; RELIABILITY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11344281445     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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