Congenital scrotal agenesis: Description of a rare anomaly and management strategies

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 589-591

  Janoff, Daniel M ^a   Skoog, Steven J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities; Cryptorchidism; Gonadal dysgenesis; Scrotum

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GONADAL AGENESIS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORCHIDOPEXY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 12544259121     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000151136.56430.53     Document Type: Article

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