Testicular microlithiasis: The importance of self-examination

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2014, Pages E102-E105

  Price, Neil R ^a,b   Charlton, Amanda ^a   Simango, Itayi ^a   Smith, Grahame H H ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

germ cell tumour of testis; paediatric; surveillance; testicular microlithiasis; testicular self examination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SELF EXAMINATION; TESTICULAR MICROLITHIASIS; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS DISEASE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STONE FORMATION; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CALCULI; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84908208187     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02021.x     Document Type: Article

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