The reliability of ultrasonographic measurements for testicular volume assessment: Comparison of three common formulas with true testicular volume

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-265

  Hsieh, Ming Li ^a   Huang, Shih Tsung ^a   Huang, Hsin Chieh ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Hsu, Yu Chao ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; ORCHIECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RELIABILITY; TESTIS SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TESTIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 69249216716     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2008.48     Document Type: Article

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