The vanishing testis: Diagnosis and histological findings

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 537-541

  Nishizawa, Shuji ^a   Suzuki, Kazumi ^a   Tachikawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Nukui, Akinori ^a   Kumamaru, Takatoshi ^a   Shioji, Yasunobu ^a   Misumi, Yoshifumi ^a   Mitsu, Sumitaka ^a   Tokue, Akihiko ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Nonpalpable testis; Vanishing testis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPERMATIC VEIN; TESTIS DISEASE;

EID: 0033909871     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.91.537     Document Type: Article

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