Measurement and correlates of ano-genital distance in healthy, newborn infants

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 317-323

  Sathyanarayana, S ^a   Beard, L ^b   Zhou, C ^a   Grady, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Ano genital distance; Male reproductive development

Indexed keywords

ANO FOURCHETTE DISTANCE; ANO SCROTAL DISTANCE; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSERY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANOFOURCHETTE DISTANCE; ANOSCROTAL DISTANCE; ANUS; PENIS; SCROTUM; WEIGHT;

ANAL CANAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GENITALIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77949601467     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.01044.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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