Mumps orchitis in the post-vaccine era (1967-2009) a single-center series of 67 patients and review of clinical outcome and trends

Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-116

  Ternavasio De La Vega, Hugo Guillermo ^a   Boronat, Mauro ^b,c   Ojeda, Antonio ^b   García Delgado, Yaiza ^b   Ángel Moreno, Alfonso ^c,d   Carranza Rodríguez, Cristina ^c   Bellini, Raquel ^c   Francès, Adela ^b   Nóvoa, Francisco Javier ^b,c   Pérez Arellano, José Luis ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Internal Medicine Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUMPS VACCINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; TESTOSTERONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGITIS; MUMPS; ORCHITIS; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPAIN; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MUMPS; MUMPS VACCINE; ORCHITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952222288     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0b013e3181d63191     Document Type: Article

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