Mythical 'Tails of Lockwood'

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 999-1005

  Nightingale, Sophie S ^a,b,c   Al Shareef, Yasir R ^a,b   Hutson, John M ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Ectopic testes; Gubernaculum; Testicular descent; Undescended testes

Indexed keywords

CRYPTORCHISM; ECTOPIC TISSUE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TESTIS;

CRYPTORCHIDISM; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TESTIS;

EID: 54349101633     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04720.x     Document Type: Review

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