Altered serum inhibin b levels in adolescents with varicocele

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 390-394

  Romeo, Carmelo ^a   Arrigo, Teresa ^a   Impellizzeri, Pietro ^a   Manganaro, Agatino ^a   Antonuccio, Pietro ^a   Di Pasquale, Giuseppe ^a   Messina, Maria Francesca ^a   Marseglia, Lucia ^a   Formica, Isabella ^a   Zuccarello, Biagio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescent age; Gonadotropins; Inhibin B; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MARKER; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LINEAR MODELS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VARICOCELE;

EID: 33846495527     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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