Prepubertal serum inhibin B in cryptorchid infants and in monorchid boys with compensatory testicular hypertrophy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2217-2221

  Gaudino, Rossella ^a   Cavarzere, Paolo ^a   Camilot, Marta ^a   Teofoli, Francesca ^a   Zampieri, Nicola ^b   Tatò, Luciano ^a  

^a Biology Genetics Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

compensatory testicular hypertrophy (CTH); cryptorchidism; FSH; Inhibin B; prepubertal monorchids; testicular volume (TV)

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; INHIBIN B;

ARTICLE; COMPENSATORY TESTICULAR HYPERTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MONORCHID; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS SIZE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INHIBINS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIPTORELIN; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 56649091144     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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