Testicular descent and ascent in the first year of life

Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 458-460

  Docimo, Steven G ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY KIDNEY; TESTIS DESCENT; TESTIS DISEASE;

EID: 0030248671     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00211-7     Document Type: Article

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