Testicular Volume Measurement: Comparison of Ultrasonography, Orchidometry, and Water Displacement

Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-157

  Sakamoto, Hideo ^a,b   Saito, Katsuyuki ^a   Oohta, Michiya ^b   Inoue, Katuki ^b   Ogawa, Yoshio ^a   Yoshida, Hideki ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCURACY; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORCHIDOMETRY; ORCHIECTOMY; PRADER ORCHIDOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TESTIS SIZE;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TESTIS; WATER;

EID: 33846482469     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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