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Original Article

Characteristics of boys with the so-called true undescended testis diagnosed at the third postnatal month – a population-based case–control study

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Pages 1152-1157 | Received 23 Jun 2013, Accepted 20 Jul 2014, Published online: 14 Aug 2014

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