Testicular size development and reproductive hormones in boys and adult males with Noonan syndrome: A longitudinal study

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-144

  Ankarberg Lindgren, Carina ^a   Westphal, Otto ^a   Dahlgren, Jovanna ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE; INHIBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DELAYED PUBERTY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NOONAN SYNDROME; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS DESCENT; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC SCREENING; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; BLOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEYDIG CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; CHILD; CRYPTORCHIDISM; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LEYDIG CELLS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NOONAN SYNDROME; PUBERTY; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79959463088     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-11-0092     Document Type: Article

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