A very rare cause of virilization in childhood: Ovarian Leydig cell tumor

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-183

  Arhan, Ebru ^a,b   Çetinkaya, Ergun ^a   Aycan, Zehra ^a   Aslan, Ayşe Tana ^a   Yücel, Hüsniye ^a   Vidinlisan, Sadi ^a  

^a Diskapi Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leydig cell; Ovary; Rare; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANDROGEN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; LAPAROTOMY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; OVARIAN LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; OVARY TUMOR; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 41449094690     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2008.21.2.181     Document Type: Article

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