The Journal of Urology
Volume 172, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1736-1741 , October 2004

REPRODUCTIVE HORMONE LEVELS IN INFANTS WITH CRYPTORCHIDISM DURING POSTNATAL ACTIVATION OF THE PITUITARY-TESTICULAR AXIS

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 Protocol approved by Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Institutional Review Board.Supported by Grant 2000-097 from Nemours Biomedical Research.Papers Presented at Annual Meeting of the Section on Urology, American Academy of Pediatrics

PII: S0022-5347(05)61350-X

doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000138523.24337.be

The Journal of Urology
Volume 172, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1736-1741 , October 2004

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