Correlation of the size of undescended testis with its location in various age groups

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 594-597

  Taqvi, Syed Raees Hussain ^a   Akhtar, Jamshed ^a   Batool, Tayyaba ^a   Tabassum, Razia ^a   Mirza, Farhat ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Child; Orchiopexy location; Testicular size; Undescended testis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTORCHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL VALUE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PAKISTAN; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREPUBERTY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TESTIS SIZE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PALPATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33749984237     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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