Sertoli cell markers in the diagnosis of paediatric male hypogonadism

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Grinspon, Romina P ^a   Loreti, Nazareth ^a   Braslavsky, Débora ^a   Bedecarrás, Patricia ^a   Ambao, Verónica ^a   Gottlieb, Silvia ^a   Bergadá, Ignacio ^a   Campo, Stella M ^a   Rey, Rodolfo A ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anorchia; Cryptorchidism; Disorders of sex development; Hypergonadotrophic hypogonadism; Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; INHIBIN B; INSULIN LIKE FACTOR 3; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; SOMATOMEDIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANORCHIA; APOPTOSIS; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL HYPOGONADISM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMBINED HYPOGONADISM; CRYPTORCHISM; DISSOCIATED TESTICULAR DYSFUNCTION; DOWN SYNDROME; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEYDIG CELL; MEIOSIS; PEDIATRIC MALE HYPOGONADISM; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; REVIEW; SCROTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTOTOXICOSIS; UPREGULATION; VAS DEFERENS; WHOLE TESTICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INHIBINS; MALE; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 84858163280     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2011-0453     Document Type: Review

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