Sonography of Pediatric Scrotal Swelling

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-306

  Coley, Brian D ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; POLYORCHIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCROTAL SWELLING; SPERMATOCELE; TERATOMA; TESTIS TUMOR; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

CHILD; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCROTUM; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547514172     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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