Current management strategies for testicular microlithiasis

Nature Clinical Practice Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 492-497

  Jaganathan, Kirubanand ^a   Ahmed, Shwan ^b   Henderson, Alastair ^c   Rané, Abhay ^b  

^a JAMES PAGET UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST SURREY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STONE FORMATION; SUBFERTILITY; TESTICULAR MICROLITHIASIS; TESTICULAR SELF EXAMINATION; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS TORSION; VARICOCELE;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; MALE; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548504102     PISSN: 17434270     EISSN: 17434289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro0856     Document Type: Review

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