Bilateral anorchia in infancy: Occurence of micropenis and the effect of testosterone treatment

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 687-691

  Zenaty, D ^a   Dijoud, F ^a   Morel, Y ^a   Cabrol, S ^a   Mouriquand, P ^a   Nicolino, M ^a   Bouvatier, C ^a   Pinto, G ^a   Lecointre, C ^a   Pienkowski, C ^a   Soskin, S ^a   Bost, M ^a   Bertrand, A M ^a   El Ghoneimi, A ^a   Nihoul Fekete, C ^a   Leger J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANORCHIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPENIS; PATHOGENESIS; PENILE BLEEDING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS INJURY;

ANDROGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUNUCHISM; FRANCE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PENILE DISEASES; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 33751099609     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.07.044     Document Type: Article

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