When Size Matters: A Clinical Review of Pathological Micropenis

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 231-240

  Tsang, Shirley ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

5 alpha reductase deficiency; androgen insensitivity; hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; Micropenis; testosterone treatment

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PATHOLOGY; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE;

ANDROGENS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PENIS; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE; TRANSSEXUALISM; 3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 77953683574     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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