Medical indications for circumcision

BJU International, Supplement

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-51

  Rickwood, A M K ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; STEROID;

CIRCUMCISION; CYST; DERMATITIS; DEVELOPMENT; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHIMOSIS; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VULVA DISEASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE DISEASES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 0033054972     PISSN: 14655101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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