Expression of estrogen receptor α and progesterone receptor in children with undescended testicle previously treated with human chorionic gonadotropin

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1112-1116

  Przewratil, Przemyslaw ^a,c   Paduch, Darius A ^b   Kobos, Jozef ^a   Niedzielski, Jerzy ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Receptors, estrogen; Receptors, progesterone; Testis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TESTIS;

EID: 4143071465     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000134918.61279.98     Document Type: Article

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