Growth and development of male external genitalia: A cross-sectional study of 6200 males aged 0 to 19 years

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1152-1157

  Tomova, Analia ^a   Deepinder, Fnu ^c   Robeva, Ralitsa ^a   Lalabonova, Hristina ^b   Kumanov, Philip ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649924516     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.223     Document Type: Article

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