Megalourethra and urethral diverticula

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 341-348

  Jones, Eric A ^a   Freedman, Andrew L ^a   Ehrlich, Richard M ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MEGAURETHRA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URETHRA MALFORMATION; URINARY TRACT;

DIVERTICULUM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 0036586665     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00043-5     Document Type: Review

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