Prenatal testicular torsion: Diagnosis and natural course. An ultrasonographic study

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 250-255

  van der Sluijs, Jan Willem ^a,b   den Hollander, Jan C ^a   Lequin, Maarten H ^a   Nijman, Rien M ^a   Robben, Simon G F ^c  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b University Hospital Maastricht ^*  (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infant; Newborn; Testicular torsion; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCELE; INFANT; MALE; ONCOLOGY; ORCHIECTOMY; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS TORSION; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ATROPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0842323850     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2019-0     Document Type: Article

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