Serum AMH concentration as a marker evaluating gonadal function in boys operated on for unilateral cryptorchidism between 1st and 4th year of life

Endocrine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 334-337

  Matuszczak, Ewa ^a   Hermanowicz, Adam ^a   Debek, Wojciech ^a   Oksiuta, Marzanna ^a   Dzienis Koronkiewicz, Ewa ^a   Zelazowska Rutkowska, Beata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anti Mullerian hormone; Cryptorchidism; Gonadal function; Orchidopexy; Testis descent

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; EPIDIDYMIS; GONAD FUNCTION; HERNIOPLASTY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; KARYOTYPE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; ORCHIDOPEXY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84862640522     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-011-9551-5     Document Type: Article

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