Low Risk of Impaired Testicular Sertoli and Leydig Cell Functions in Boys with Isolated Hypospadias

Rodolfo A. Rey, Ethel Codner, Germán Íñiguez, Patricia Bedecarrás, Romina Trigo, Cecilia Okuma, Silvia Gottlieb, Ignacio Bergadá, Stella Campo, Fernando Cassorla

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2005 · 89 citations · 51 references

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Abstract

Boys with isolated hypospadias are more likely to have normal endocrine testicular and androgen end-organ functions, suggesting that transient disruption of morphogenetic events in early fetal life may be the predominant underlying cause.

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