Testicular microlithiasis in patients with Down syndrome

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-236

  Vachon, Linda ^a   Fareau, Gerard E ^a   Wilson, Miriam G ^a   Chan, Linda S ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; STONE FORMATION; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS MICROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LITHIASIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTICULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33746396591     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.03.051     Document Type: Article

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