Incomplete disappearance of the processus vaginalis as a cause of ascending testis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1889-1891

  Clarnette, Thomas D ^a   Rowe, David ^a   Hasthorpe, Susan ^a   Hutson, John M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

cryptorchidism; testis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATIC CORD;

EID: 0030950442     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64894-8     Document Type: Article

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