Evaluation and management of the infant with cryptorchidism

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 520-524

  Hutson, John M ^a,b   Thorup, Joergen ^c,d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Keywords cryptorchidism; testicular descent; undescended testis

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYPTORCHISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; ORCHIDOPEXY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRENTISS MANOEUVRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TESTIS DESCENT; CRYPTORCHIDISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORCHIOPEXY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84952303686     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000237     Document Type: Review

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