Undescended testicles: An epidemiological review

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1089-1093

  Mayr, J M ^a,b   Lawrenz, K ^a   Berghold, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Primary prevention; Testicular maldescent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AUSTRIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032856807     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259950168144     Document Type: Article

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