Testes in Infants with Prader-Willi Syndrome: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Treatment, Surgery and Histology

Journal of Urology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 291-298

  Bakker, N E ^a   Wolffenbuttel, K P ^a   Looijenga, L H J ^b   Hokken Koelega, A C S ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chorionic gonadotropin; infant; Prader Willi syndrome; testis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ATROPHIC ABDOMINAL TESTIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT DISEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VANISHED TESTIS; COMPLICATION; CRYPTORCHIDISM; INFANT; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; PATHOLOGY;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 84926091459     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.07.113     Document Type: Article

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