Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 477-479 , December 2007

Do patients with hypospadias and cryptorchidism share a common phenotype? Case–control study of an Italian paediatric population

  • Giacinto Marrocco

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Surgery Unit, ‘S.Camillo-Forlanini’ Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense, Rome, Italy
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  • Emiliano Bruner

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo, University “La Sapienza” and Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana, Piazza Mincio 2, Rome, Italy
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  • Santiago Vallasciani

      Affiliations

    • Andrological and Gynecological Surgery Unit, Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital – Research Institute, Piazza S. Onofrio 4, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 338 8004532; fax: +39 06 6859 2207.
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  • Silvia Majore

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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  • Paola Grammatico

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Received 1 January 2007 ,Accepted 1 May 2007.

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PII: S1477-5131(07)00337-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2007.05.001

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 477-479 , December 2007

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