The prevalence of penoscrotal abnormalities and inguinal hernia in elementary-school boys in the west of Iran

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 479-483

  Yegane, Rooh Allah ^a   Kheirollahi, Abdol Reza ^b   Bashashati, Mohammad ^b   Rezaei, Nima ^c   Tarrahi, Mohammad Javad ^d   Khoshdel, Jamal Aldin ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Inguinal hernia; Iran; Penis; Prevalence; Scrotum

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRYPTORCHISM; EPISPADIAS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; HYPOSPADIAS; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; IRAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MICROPENIS; PENIS DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SCROTUM DISORDER; VARICOCELE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PENIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 22544480786     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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