Idiopathic isolated clitoromegaly: A report of two cases

Reproductive Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Copcu, Eray ^a   Aktas, Alper ^b   Sivrioglu, Nazan ^a   Copcu, Ozgen ^c   Oztan, Yucel ^d  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Samsun State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Aydin State Hospital   (Turkey)

^d ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CITOROPLASTY; CLITORIS; CLITORIS HYPERTROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LABORATORY TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ULTRASOUND;

EID: 15444380270     PISSN: 17424755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-1-4     Document Type: Article

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