Testis function in prepubertal boys and young men born small for gestational age

Hormone Research

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 357-363

  Boonstra, V H ^a   Weber, R F A ^b   De Jong, F H ^b   Hokken Koelega, A C S ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimullerian hormone; Appropriate for gestational age; Growth hormone treatment; Inhibin B; Male fertility; Sertoli cell function; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CELL FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 54449094714     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000161866     Document Type: Article

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