From mutilation to medication: The history of orchidectomy

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 373-378

  Glass, J M ^a,b   Watkin, N A ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CASTRATION; HERNIORRHAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031395346     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00304.x     Document Type: Review

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