Growth curves of the fetal prostate based on three-dimensional reconstructions: A correlation with gestational age and maternal testosterone levels

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-156

  Lunacek, Andreas ^a   Oswald, Josef ^a   Schwentner, Christian ^a   Schlenck, Barbara ^a   Horninger, Wolfgang ^a   Fritsch, Helga ^a   Longato, Stefano ^a   Sergi, Consolato ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Radmayr, Christian ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetal prostate; Growth curves; Infravesical obstruction; Testosterone; Vesico ureteric reflux

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FETUS; FETUS BLADDER; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NOMOGRAM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NOMOGRAMS; PREGNANCY; PROSTATE; TESTOSTERONE; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 33845478390     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06512.x     Document Type: Article

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