The fate of the medically castrated testis: Expectation versus reality

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1042-1044

  Issa, Muta M ^a   Krishnan, Anand ^a   Bouet, Rafael ^a   Young, Mark R ^a   Hood, Nedra ^a   Petros, John A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen antagonists; Castration; Prostate; Prostatic neoplasms; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GOSERELIN; LEUPRORELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MONOTHERAPY; ORCHIECTOMY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY;

EID: 4143101429     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000135831.19857.5c     Document Type: Article

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