Distribution and morphometry of fiber types in cremaster muscles of boys with inguinal hernia or undescended testis

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 613-617

  Cahit Tanyel, F ^a   Erdem, Sevim ^b   Altunay, Hikmet ^c   Ergun, Levent ^c   Ozcan, Ziya ^c   Alabay, Belma ^c   Büyükpamukçu, Nebil ^a   Tan, Ersin ^b  

^a Departments of Biochemistry   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cremaster muscle; Cryptorchidism; Inguinal hernia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; CRYPTORCHISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL HERNIA; MORPHOMETRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TESTIS DESCENT;

EID: 0033821178     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(00)80003-5     Document Type: Article

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