Prevalence and risk factors of testicular microlithiasis in patients with hypospadias: a retrospective study

• Main Authors: Michiko Nakamura (Author), Kimihiko Moriya (Author), Yoko Nishimura (Author), Mutsumi Nishida (Author), Yusuke Kudo (Author), Yukiko Kanno (Author), Takeya Kitta (Author), Masafumi Kon (Author), Nobuo Shinohara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background It has been described that the incidence of testicular microlithiasis is high in several congenital disorders which may be associated with testicular impairment and infertility. Several reports have shown that a prepubertal or pubertal hormonal abnormality in the pituitary-gonada...