Anatomical and functional aspects of testicular descent and cryptorchidism

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-

  Hutson, John M ^a,b   Hasthorpe, Suzanne ^a,b   Heyns, Chris F ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; AGE; CRYPTORCHISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS DESCENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 8244243948     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/er.18.2.259     Document Type: Review

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