Am i normal? A systematic review and construction of nomograms for flaccid and erect penis length and circumference in up to 15 521 men

BJU International

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 978-986

  Veale, David ^a,c   Miles, Sarah ^a   Bramley, Sally ^b   Muir, Gordon ^d   Hodsoll, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

circumference; girth; length; nomogram; penis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ERECT PENIS LENGTH; ERRECT PENIS CIRCUMFERENCE; ERRECT PENIS HEIGHT; FLACCID PENIS CIRCUMFERENCE; FLACCID PENIS HEIGHT; FLACCID PENIS LENGTH; FOOT SIZE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NOMOGRAM; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS GLANS; PENIS SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS SIZE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOMOGRAMS; ORGAN SIZE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930042654     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.13010     Document Type: Article

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