Prevalence of testicular adrenal rest tissue in neonates

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 90-93

  Bouman, A ^a   Hulsbergen Van De Kaa, C ^a   Claahsen Van Der Grinten, H L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Testicular adrenal rest tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETE TESTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTICULAR ADRENAL REST TUMOR; TESTIS; TESTIS TUMOR; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADRENAL REST TUMOR; AUTOPSY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 79951814097     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000316531     Document Type: Article

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