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Testicular microlithiasis in boys and young men with congenital or acquired undescended (ascending) testis

Joery Goede1, Wilfried W M Hack, L M van der Voort-Doedens

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Medical Center Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands. j.goede@mca.nl

The Journal of Urology
|February 23, 2010
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