Large-cell calcifying Sertoli cell tumors of the testes in pediatrics

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 518-522

  Gourgari, Evgenia ^a   Saloustros, Emmanouil ^a   Stratakis, Constantine A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Carney complex; gynecomastia; Peutz Jeghers syndrome; Sertoli tumor; testicular tumor

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE 1; ESTRADIOL; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TESTOSTERONE;

CANCER SURGERY; CARNEY COMPLEX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GYNECOMASTIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL CALCIFYING SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; MALE FERTILITY; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRKAR1A GENE; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; STK11 GENE; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CARNEY COMPLEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMANS; MALE; PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863851964     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e328355a279     Document Type: Review

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