Risk factors for undescended testis

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-66

  Brouwers, Marijn M ^a   De Bruijne, Leonie M ^a   De Gier, Robert P E ^a   Zielhuis, Gerhard A ^a   Feitz, Wouter F J ^a   Roeleveld, Nel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Endocrine disruptors; Inguinal hernia; Risk factors; Undescended testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; COSMETIC; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; FOLIC ACID; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHIECTOMY; PARENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUBFERTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TWIN PREGNANCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE;

EID: 84857046822     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: 18734898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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