Undescended testis: 513 patients' characteristics, age at orchidopexy and patterns of referral

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 401-406

  Nah, Shireen A ^a   Yeo, Charleen S W ^b   How, Guo Yuan ^b   Allen, John C ^c   Lakshmi, Narasimhan K ^a   Yap, Te Lu ^a   Jacobsen, Anette S ^a   Low, Yee ^a   Ong, Caroline C P ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CRYPTORCHISM; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; GONAD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORCHIOPEXY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTIS;

EID: 84898543735     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305225     Document Type: Article

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