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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"hypospadias"”.
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Male Subfertility and Prostate Cancer Risk: Epidemiological and Genetic Studies
… clinical reproductive parameters, subfertility, hypospadias, or cryptorchidism; 2) whether childlessness secondary to male subfertility is associated with reduced PCa risk; and 3) the possible involvement of genetic variants in reducing PCa risk in subfertile men, including in the sex steroid …
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Reproductive health effects due to pesticide exposure amongst boys in the rural Western Cape, South Africa
… cancers and declining fertility. Cryptorchidism, hypospadias, testicular cancer and poor sperm quality (testicular dysgenesis syndrome) have also been reported to be associated with these endocrine-disrupting chemicals. This study therefore aims to investigate the adverse reproductive health …
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The impact of genetic, environmental and life-style factors on male reproductive function
… that poor sperm quality, cryptorchidism, hypospadias and TC have a common cause and are symptoms of a so called Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome (TDS). The aetiology of TDS is unknown but genetic, environmental and life-style related factors have been suggested as its causes. Genetic factors …
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Dissecting the spatio-temporal development of the human reproductive tract
… direct relevance to the developmental origins of hypospadias. By integrating histological features with gene expression and chromatin accessibility data, I defined the transcription factors and cell signalling events likely involved in the regionalisation of the Müllerian and Wolffian ducts. This …
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Estrogenic and androgenic endocrine disrupting activity and risk assessment of phytoestrogens in Kenyan soya-based weaning flours
… effects reported include increased incidences of hypospadias, cryptochidism, prepubertal gynecomastia and reduced fertility. Use of soya-based weaning gruels is widespread in Kenya. Estrogenic and androgenic reporter gene assays (using MMV-Luc and TARM-Luc cell lines respectively) were used to …
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Role of androgens in testicular development and dysgenesis
… health which manifest at birth (cryptorchidism, hypospadias) or in young adulthood (testicular germ cell cancer and low sperm counts), are common and may be increasing in incidence. These disorders have a common fetal origin and share risk factors; consequently they are hypothesized to comprise a …
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Zeitgemäße Hypospadiekorrektur : Evaluation der Freiburger Operationsverfahren und erste Bewertung einer neuen Modifikation der Technik nach Barcat
Die Behandlung der Hypospadie hat im Laufe der Zeit die Entwicklung von einem verstümmelnden Eingriff bis zu einem kindgerechten Operationsverfahren durchgemacht. Der Zeitpunkt der Operation wird heute der psychologischen Entwicklung des Kindes angepasst und möglichst innerhalb des ersten …