Inter/intra investigator variation in orchidometric measurements of testicular volume by ten investigators from five institutions

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-378

  Tatsunami, Shinobu ^a   Matsumiya, Kiyomi ^b   Tsujimura, Akira ^b   Itoh, Naoki ^c   Sasao, Takumi ^c   Koh, Eitetsu ^d   Maeda, Yuuji ^d   Eguchi, Jiro ^e   Takehara, Kousuke ^e   Nishida, Takayasu ^f   Miyano, Satetsu ^f   Tabata, Chisato ^f   Iwamoto, Teruaki ^f  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Orchidometer; Quality control; Testicular volume

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS SIZE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANDROLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TESTIS;

EID: 33646067402     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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