PREPUBERTAL TESTICULAR RESPONSE TO CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN IN CRYPTORCHIDISM
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Gonadal response after a single-dose stimulation test with recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin (rhCG) in patients with isolated prepubertal cryptorchidism
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-197508000-00118