Impaired pubertal development and testicular hormone function in males with sickle cell anemia

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-32

  Martins, Paulo Roberto Juliano ^a   Kerbauy, José ^b   Moraes Souza, Helio ^a   Pereira, Gilberto de Araújo ^a   Figueiredo, Maria Stella ^b   Verreschi, Ieda Therezinha ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypoandrogenism; Pubertal development; Sickle cell disease; Testicular hormonal function

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; AGENTS ACTING ON THE GENITAL SYSTEM; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; EJACULATION; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALNUTRITION; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PENIS LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOICE CHANGE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; LEYDIG CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL AGENTS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84926619282     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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