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Teratoma Generation in the Testis Capsule
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Teratoma Generation in the Testis Capsule

Published on: November 7, 2011

[Torsion of the testis in the newborn (author's transl)]

P Olivares, J A Tovar

    Anales Espanoles De Pediatria
    |September 1, 1976
    PubMed

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