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Laparoscopic evaluation and treatment of the impalpable testis
(2001-01-01)
Objectives: To evaluate the laparoscopic technique as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool in the management of patients with impalpable testis. Material and Methods: Fifty-nine patients with mean age of 6.3 years underwent ...
Laparoscopic evaluation and treatment of the impalpable testis
(2001-01-01)
Objectives: To evaluate the laparoscopic technique as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool in the management of patients with impalpable testis. Material and Methods: Fifty-nine patients with mean age of 6.3 years underwent ...
Anti-müllerian hormone and sertoli cell function in paediatric male hypogonadism
(Karger, 2010-02)
In the prepubertal male, Sertoli cells are the most active testicular cell population. Without stimulation tests, prepubertal hypogonadism can only be evidenced if Sertoli cell function is assessed. Anti-müllerian hormone ...
New perspectives in the diagnosis of pediatric male hypogonadism: the importance of AMH as a Sertoli cell markerNovas perspectivas no diagnóstico do hipogonadismo pediátrico masculino: a importância do AMH como marcador de células de Sertoli
(Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, 2011-11)
Sertoli cells are the most active cell population in the testis during infancy and childhood. In these periods of life, hypogonadism can only be evidenced without stimulation tests, if Sertoli cell function is assessed. ...
Early orchiopexy to prevent germ cell loss during infancy in congenital cryptorchidism
(Endocrine Society, 2012-12)
Cryptorchidism is a problematic topic, beginning with its meaning. Although, by etymology, it refers to “hidden testes,” the term cryptorchidism has been widely used to describe testes that are not in their normal position ...