Nonpalpable testes: Is there a relationship between ultrasonographic and operative findings?

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 374-379

  Nijs, Sigrid M P ^a   Eijsbouts, Sebastiaan W ^a   Madern, Gerard C ^a   Leyman, Paul M M ^a   Lequin, Maarten H ^a   Hazebroek, Frans W J ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Nonpalpable; Testes; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INGUINAL CANAL; INGUINAL REGION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PALPATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTIS DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INFANT; INGUINAL CANAL; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PALPATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 33847789060     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0425-1     Document Type: Article

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