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Minoru Inoue1, Akiyoshi Osaka1, Erika Ikezoe1

  • 1Department of Urology Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center Koshigaya Saitama Japan.

IJU Case Reports
|September 3, 2024
PubMed
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TTEseminomatransverse testicular ectopia

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