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Diagnostic value of serum testosterone measurement in infancy: two case reports
A A Ismail1, P L Walker, R Macfaul
1Department of Clinical Chemistry, Pinderfields General Hospital, West Yorkshire, UK.
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry
|May 1, 1989
Abstract:
The diagnostic value of serum testosterone measurement and hCG stimulation during early infancy is highlighted by describing two unrelated cases in whom such investigations aided diagnosis and management. When performed on infants between 2 and 9 weeks of age, these measurements can provide valuable information on the integrity of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis in male infants and can identify the presence of testicular tissues in babies with abnormal or ambiguous genitalia.