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- Title
Treatment with Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Induces Left Ventricular Mass in Cryptorchid Boys.
- Authors
Pirgon, Ozgur; Atabek, Mehmet Emre; Oran, Bulent; Suleymanoglu, Selami; Meral, Cihan
- Abstract
The article discusses the results of a study on the effects of human chorionic gonadotropin therapy on left ventricular mass index in boys suffering from cryptorchidism. The study involved 30 cryptorchid boys and 30 healthy controls whose echocardiographic measures were evaluated. It found that cryptorchid boys had increased left ventricular mass index.
- Subjects
CHORIONIC gonadotropins; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN abnormalities; GONADOTROPIN; LEFT heart ventricle; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2009, Vol 22, Issue 5, p449
- ISSN
0334-018X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/JPEM.2009.22.5.449