Germ cell development in the postnatal testis: The key to prevent malignancy in cryptorchidism?

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Hutson, John M ^a   Li, Ruili ^a   Southwell, Bridget R ^b   Petersen, Bodil L ^c   Thorup, Jorgen ^d   Cortes, Dina ^d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Germ cell; Gonocyte; Orchidopexy; Spermatogium; Testis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874280876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00176     Document Type: Review

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