Correlation of ultrasound measured testicular volume with waist circumference, hip circumference, waist-hip ratio and conicity index in Nigerian adults
Background: Accurate testicular volume measurement is one way to assess testicular function. Some obese males exhibit altered levels of circulating sex steroids; decreased levels of total testosterone (T) and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and increased estrogens levels. Some anthropometric mea...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-01-01
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Цуврал: | Nigerian Journal of Medicine |
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Онлайн хандалт: | http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2018;volume=27;issue=3;spage=265;epage=271;aulast=Asomugha;type=0 |