Secular Decreasing Trend of the Frequency of Hypospadias among Newborn Male Infants in Spain

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-81

  Martínez Frías, María Luisa ^a,d   Prieto, David ^b   Prieto, Luis ^c   Bermejo, Eva ^d   Rodríguez Pinilla, Elvira ^d   Cuevas, Lourdes ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Defects; Epidemiology; Frequency; Hypospadias; Malformations; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542366426     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.10149     Document Type: Article

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