Anogenital distance and penile width measurements in the Infant Development and the Environment Study (TIDES): Methods and predictors

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 76.e1-76.e6

  Sathyanarayana, Sheela ^a,b,c   Grady, Richard ^c   Redmon, J B ^d   Ivicek, Kristy ^c   Barrett, Emily ^e   Janssen, Sarah ^f   Nguyen, Ruby ^d   Swan, Shanna H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anogenital distance; Pediatric; Penile width; Urology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOGENITAL DISTANCE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS; PENIS WIDTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ANAL CANAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PENIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 84930414909     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: 18734898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2014.11.018     Document Type: Article

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