The increasing incidence of congenital penile anomalies in the United States

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 4 II, 2005, Pages 1573-1576

  Nelson, Caleb P ^b   Park, John M ^a   Wan, Julian ^a   Bloom, David A ^a   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Wei, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hypospadias; Urogenital abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CHORDEE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PENIS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

EID: 24944554891     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000179249.21944.7e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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