An in-depth look at leydig cell tumor of the testis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-317

  Al Agha, Osama M ^a   Axiotis, Constantine A ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTROGEN;

CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; ONSET AGE; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SHORT SURVEY; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846950790     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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