The testicular descent in the rat: A scanning electron microscopic study

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 643-647

  Fiegel, Henning C ^a   Rolle, Udo ^a   Metzger, Roman ^b   Geyer, Christian ^b   Till, Holger ^b   Kluth, Dietrich ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal genital development; Gubernaculums testis; Testicular descent

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FETUS; GUBERNACULUM; MICROSURGERY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TESTIS; TESTIS DESCENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FETUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS;

EID: 77955553005     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-010-2604-7     Document Type: Article

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