Is an empty left hemiscrotum and hypertrophied right descended testis predictive of perinatal torsion?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 1674-1676

  Belman, A Barry ^a   Rushton, H Gil ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Atrophy; Hypertrophy; Testicular torsion; Testis

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS TORSION;

EID: 0041837655     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000083888.22807.b8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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