A 5-Year Followup Study of Asymptomatic Men With Testicular Microlithiasis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1420-1423

  DeCastro, Brian J ^a   Peterson, Andrew C ^a   Costabile, Raymond A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

scrotum; testicular neoplasms; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; E-MAIL; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SUMMER; TELEPHONE; TESTICULAR SELF EXAMINATION; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS MICROLITHIASIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40849130728     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.11.080     Document Type: Article

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