Epidemiology of hypospadias in Europe: a registry-based study

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2159-2167

  Bergman, Jorieke E H ^a   Loane, Maria ^b   Vrijheid, Martine ^c,d   Pierini, Anna ^e   Nijman, Rien J M ^a   Addor, Marie Claude ^f   Barisic, Ingeborg ^g   Béres, Judit ^h   Braz, Paula ⁱ   Budd, Judith ^j   Delaney, Virginia ^k   Gatt, Miriam ^l   Khoshnood, Babak ^m   Klungsøyr, Kari ^n,y   Martos, Carmen ^o   Mullaney, Carmel ^p   Nelen, Vera ^l   Neville, Amanda J ^q   O’Mahony, Mary ^p   Queisser Luft, Annette ^r   Randrianaivo, Hanitra ^s   Rissmann, Anke ^t   Rounding, Catherine ^u   Tucker, David ^v   Wellesley, Diana ^w   Zymak Zakutnia, Natalya ^x   Bakker, Marian K ^a   de Walle, Hermien E K ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^f Division of Medical Genetics   (Switzerland)

^g Alergologiju I Reumatologiju S Klini kom Imunologijom   (Croatia)

^h National Institute for Health Development   (Hungary)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^k DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^l Department of Health Information and Research ^*  (Belgium)

^m INSERM   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^o Centro Superior de Investigacion en Salud Publica   (Spain)

^p HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^q UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^s Reunion CHU   (France)

^t OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^v SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^w PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^x OMNI Net Ukraine and Khmelnytsky Perinatal Center   (Ukraine)

^y NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Ascertainment; Congenital anomaly registers; Epidemiology; Hypospadias; Maternal age; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84947613237     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-015-1507-6     Document Type: Article

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