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Undescended Testis: Congenital or Acquired?
Author(s) -
MYERS N.A.,
OFFICER C.B.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1975.tb02284.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , optics , physics
There is considerable evidence to indicate that in some cases undescended testis has a familial incidence, as shown by two family histories. Carefully documented family histories, commencing with routine examinations at birth and at the 6 week ‘check up’ can provide evidence that an undescended testis may be an acquired condition and is not necessarily congenital.