Boys with undescended testes: Endocrine, volumetric and morphometric studies on testicular function before and after orchidopexy at nine months or three years of age

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4588-4595

  Kollin, C ^a,b   Stukenborg, J B ^b   Nurmio, M ^c   Sundqvist, E ^c   Gustafsson, T ^b   Soder O ^b   Toppari, J ^c   Nordenskjold A ^a,b   Ritzen E M ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GERM CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; ORCHIDOPEXY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORCHIOPEXY; ORGAN SIZE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84870743227     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-2325     Document Type: Article

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