Second to fourth digit ratio: A predictor of adult penile length

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 710-714

  Choi, In Ho ^a   Kim, Khae Hawn ^a   Jung, Han ^a   Yoon, Sang Jin ^a   Kim, Soo Woong ^b   Kim, Tae Beom ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

digit ratio; flaccid penile length; stretched penile length

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PENIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80052490429     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.75     Document Type: Article

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