Is there a relationship with anomalous insertions of the distal gubernaculum testis and testicular ectopia? Analysis in human fetuses and patients with cryptorchidism

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 554-557

  Favorito, Luciano A ^b   Klojda, Carlos A B ^b   Costa, Waldemar S ^b   Sampaio, Francisco J B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Embryo and fetal development; Scrotum; Testis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTORCHISM; DISTAL GUBERNACULUM TESTIS; ECTOPIC TESTIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; TESTIS; TESTIS DESCENT;

EID: 0038507220     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000070436.98851.46     Document Type: Article

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