Cryptorchidism in Boys With Cerebral Palsy Is Associated With the Severity of Disease and With Co-Occurrence of Other Congenital Anomalies

Cryptorchidism in Boys With Cerebral Palsy Is Associated With the Severity of Disease and With Co-Occurrence of Other Congenital Anomalies

BackgroundCryptorchidism is reported in 40–50% of small case series of cerebral palsy (CP) and attributed to hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis abnormalities, intellectual disability (ID), or cremaster spasticity. We collected demographic and clinical data to define the frequency of cryptorchidism...

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Main Authors: Julia Spencer Barthold, Anton Wintner, Jennifer A. Hagerty, Kenneth J. Rogers, Md Jobayer Hossain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
cerebral palsy
cryptorchidism
congenital anomalies
orchidopexy
retractile testes
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00151/full

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