The Undescended Testis

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-316

  Christensen, Jared D ^a   Dogra, Vikram S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GONADORELIN;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANORCHIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CRYPTORCHISM; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS TORSION;

CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TESTIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547515404     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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