Relationship between the persistence of the processus vaginalis and age in patients with cryptorchidism

OBJECTIVES: To assess if there is an age group where the occurrence of persistent processus vaginalis is more frequent in patients with cryptorchidism. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We studied 24 fetuses with gestational age between 23 and 35 weeks postconception (control group) and 102 patients (137 teste...

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Main Authors: Luciano A. Favorito, Waldemar S. Costa, Francisco J. Sampaio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2005-02-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382005000100012