Eight case reports on sex-hormone profiles in sexually mature male Down syndrome

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1008-1010

  Suzuki, Kuri ^a   Nakajima, Koichi ^a   Kamimura, Shuichi ^a   Takasugi, Keiichirou ^a   Suzuki, Yasuyuki ^b   Sekine, Hideaki ^c   Ishii, Nobuhisa ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Social Welfare Corporation of Kakufuhkai   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Follicle stimulating hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Sex hormone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENT IMMUNOASSAY; EPILEPSY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEMINOMA; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649572407     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2010.02621.x     Document Type: Article

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