Troubles with the foreskin: One hundred consecutive referrals to paediatric surgeons

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 449-451

  Huntley, J S ^a,b   Bourne, M C ^a   Munro, F D ^a   Wilson Storey, D ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHIMOSIS; PREPUCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; BALANITIS; CHILD; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PENIS; PENIS DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

STEROID;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; BALANITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PENILE DISEASES; PENIS; PHIMOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STEROIDS;

EID: 0141941620     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.96.9.449     Document Type: Article

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