Undescended testis: Current theories of etiology

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-400

  Barthold, Julia S ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Etiology; Genetics; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

RELAXIN;

CRYPTORCHISM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 44649087102     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3283005869     Document Type: Review

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