Cryptorchidism: Aspects of fertility and neoplasms. A study including data of 1,335 consecutive boys who underwent testicular biopsy simultaneously with surgery for cryptorchidism

Hormone Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-27

  Cortes, Dina ^a   Thorup, Jørgen M ^a,b   Visfeldt, Jakob ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Fertility; Infertility; Neoplasia; Spermatogonia

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS TUMOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FERTILITY; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SPERM COUNT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034932959     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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