Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9325253 | Fertility and Sterility | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
To assess whether elevated levels of estriol (E3) in pregnancy are a factor in the fetal environment associated with undescended testes, we carried out a two-part study: case-control followed by a retrospective cohort study on cryptorchid boys born in the Sapir Medical Center (Kfar Saba, Israel). We found significantly lower pregnancy urinary E3 levels in cryptorchid newborns as compared to controls; however, subgroup comparison yielded significantly higher pregnancy unconjugated E3 levels in the infants who underwent orchiopexy as compared to those who did not.
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Authors
Amir M.D., Enrique M.D., Dganit Ph.D., Tzipora M.D., Ronnie M.D.,