Prepubertal testicular tumors: Frequently overlooked

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 480-483

  Treiyer, Adrián ^a   Blanc, Guillermo ^b   Stark, Eberhard ^a   Haben, Björn ^a   Treiyer, Eduardo ^b   Steffens, Joachim ^a  

^a St Antonius Hospital   (Germany)

^b Universidad Adventista del Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Pediatrics; Surgery; Testis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID CYST; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; GONADOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; ORCHIECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM DISORDER; SEMINOMA; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; TESTIS TERATOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

EID: 35748969286     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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