Does variant luteinizing hormone (V-LH) predispose to improper testicular position in late pregnancy?

Pediatric Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 447-450

  Kaleva, Marko ^a   Virtanen, Helena ^a   Haavisto, Anne Maarit ^a   Main, Katharina ^b   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^b   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^a,c   Irjala, Kerttu ^a   Toppari, Jorma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; FINLAND; FLUOROMETRY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUOROMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS DESCENT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PREGNANCY; TESTIS;

EID: 24344473391     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000176918.68539.b4     Document Type: Article

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