The efficacy of LHRH in cryptorchidism is still debated. The aim of this study was to quantify testicular descent after LHRH therapy. Synthetic LHRH (Hoe 471) was given intranasally in a spray dose of ...

Complete descent of a testis occurs in two distinct stages. Both involve a ligament attached to the base of the testis, the gubernaculum (from the same Ancient Greek stem that gave us “governor”). In ...

The results suggested that early prolonged hormonal therapy is advisable in all patients with cryptorchidism to increase the speed of testicular descent to the scrotum achieved by surgery, and thereby ...

A previously unrecognized genetic cause for two types of birth defects found in newborn boys has described in a report. Cryptorchidism is characterized by the failure of descent of one or both testes ...

DISCUSSING the diagnosis and treatment of imperfect descent of the testicle Browne 1 relates an example of the advice given by various physicians to the parents of such a patient. They were told that ...

Undescended testicles (UT), which is used synonymously with the term cryptorchidism, is characterized as the failure of either one or both testes and their associated structures to descend during ...

The fossil record preserves predominantly vestiges of hard structures such as bones or teeth. Consequently, resolving the evolution of soft-tissue structures such as muscle or brain tissue requires ...

My 2013 book, How We Do It, addressed an enduring mystery in mammal reproduction: “It is often claimed that the word ‘testify’ comes from an ancient Roman custom in which a man would clutch his testes ...