Laparoscopic diagnosis and treatment of nonpalpable testis

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-334

  Denes, Francisco Tibor ^a,b   Saito, Fernando J ^a   Silva, Frederico A ^a   Giron, Amilcar M ^a   Machado, Marcos ^a   Srougi, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Laparoscopy; Testis

Indexed keywords

EID: 48049095717     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-55382008000300010     Document Type: Article

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