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Background: Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) during the critical period of testicular descent may increase the risk of cryptorchidism and male fertility.
Anteneh Assefa Desalegn +4 more
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Background: Cryptorchidism is defined as failure of unilateral or bilateral testicular descent, which increases the risk of infertility and testicular carcinoma.
Xiaodu Xie +6 more
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Background: Cryptorchidism is a congenital disorder that causes an irregularity in the permanent or temporary descent of one or both testicles. In Brazil, there are no comprehensive studies describing the association of demographic, social, and clinical ...
Diego Bessa Dantas +5 more
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Résumé Contexte La non descente des testicules chez les garçons cryptorchides qui présentent une mini-puberté défectueuse et un taux réduit de testostérone (T) ont des gonocytes incapables de se différencier normalement en spermatogonie Ad.
Katharina Gegenschatz-Schmid +3 more
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Inguinal Dermoid Cyst Associated With Ipsilateral Undescended Testis in an Adolescent Male: A Case Report. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Groin swellings are the most frequent presenting clinical signs, which most frequently arise due to an inguinal hernia or lymphadenopathy. There are also rare congenital lesions, such as dermoid cysts, which can present similarly to common lesions, also leading to a diagnostic challenge.
Javaid MH, Khalid M, Sohaib M, Segawa F.
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Novas perspectivas no diagnóstico do hipogonadismo pediátrico masculino: a importância do AMH como marcador de células de Sertoli [PDF]
Sertoli cells are the most active cell population in the testis during infancy and childhood. In these periods of life, hypogonadism can only be evidenced without stimulation tests, if Sertoli cell function is assessed.
Grinspon, Romina, Rey, Rodolfo Alberto
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On the descent of the epididymo-testicular unit, cryptorchidism, and prevention of infertility
Résumé Cette revue complète traite en profondeur les progrès réalisés dans la compréhension des mécanismes moléculaires à la base de la cryptorchidie, une pathologie fréquente décrite pour la première fois aux environs de 1786 par John Hunter.
Faruk Hadziselimovic
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Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and hexachlorobenzene, semen quality and testicular cancer risk [PDF]
PURPOSE: We carried out a case-control study to investigate the possible role of occupational and environmental exposure to endocrine disruptors in the onset of testicular cancer (TC). METHODS: We evaluated 125 TC patients and 103 controls.
CATTARUZZA, Maria Sofia +7 more
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Investigation of the Protective Effects of Amlodipine on the Structure and Function of Testicular Tissue following Experimental Unilateral Cryptorchidism in Rats [PDF]
Objective- Cryptorchidism, common birth defect of the male genital tract, is one of the causes of fertility problems. The elevation of tissue temperature following of cryptorchidism could induce oxidative stress which influences the cellular and tissue ...
Saber Shahraki +3 more
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Genomic copy number variation association study in Caucasian patients with nonsyndromic cryptorchidism [PDF]
Copy number variation (CNV) is a potential contributing factor to many genetic diseases. Here we investigated the potential association of CNV with nonsyndromic cryptorchidism, the most common male congenital genitourinary defect, in a Caucasian ...
Abrams, Debra J. +17 more
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