Factors affecting the development of the processus vaginalis in the rat

Journal of Urology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1463-1466

  Clarnette, Thomas D ^a   Hutson, John M ^a   Beasley, Spencer W ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

rats; Sprague Dawley; testis

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC TESTIS; FEMORAL NERVE; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RAT; TESTIS DESCENT; TESTIS TORSION;

EID: 0029792862     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65630-1     Document Type: Article

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