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Testicule non descendu: le point sur les causes et les traitements

Maldescended Testis: causes and treatments

Andrologie volume 10, pages 432–442 (2000)Cite this article

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Mieusset, R. Testicule non descendu: le point sur les causes et les traitements. Androl. 10, 432–442 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03034500

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