The descriptive epidemiology of congenital and acquired cryptorchidism in a UK infant cohort

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 868-872

  Acerini, C L ^a   Miles, H L ^a   Dunger, D B ^a   Ong, K K ^a,b   Hughes, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED CRYPTORCHIDISM; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL CRYPTORCHIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PENILE LENGTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PENIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70350462558     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.150219     Document Type: Article

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