Effects of hormonal treatment on the contralateral descended testis in unilateral cryptorchidism

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 468-472

  Zivkovic, D ^a   Bica, D G ^b   Hadziselimovic, F ^a  

^a Kindertagesklinik   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contralateral testis; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Testicular biopsy; Unilateral cryptorchidism

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; LONG ACTING DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DRUG EFFECT; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS DESCENT;

EID: 33750619704     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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