Sexual precocity in a 16-month-old boy induced by indirect topical exposure to testosterone

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 540-543

  Bhowmick, Samar K ^a,c   Ricke, Tracy ^b   Rettig, Kenneth R ^a  

^a Division of Pediatric Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34250359048     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806296651     Document Type: Article

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