Clinical features and testicular morphology in patients with Kallmann syndrome

Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 684-686

  Nishio, Hidenori ^a   Mizuno, Kentaro ^a   Moritoki, Yoshinobu ^a   Kamisawa, Hideyuki ^a   Kojima, Yoshiyuki ^a   Mizuno, Haruo ^a   Kohri, Kenjiro ^a   Hayashi, Yutaro ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTORCHISM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KALLMANN SYNDROME; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; KARYOTYPING; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KALLMANN SYNDROME; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; TESTIS;

EID: 84857911559     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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