Does a testicular dysgenesis syndrome exist?
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Does a testicular dysgenesis syndrome exist?
The concept of an increasingly common Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome (TDS) has been widely adopted with little epidemiological appraisal. In this paper we critically review the epidemiologic evidence of the existence of a non-genetic TDS. We systematically assess and discuss the evidence of all six possible associations between the four defining conditions of TDS: impaired spermatogenesis, unde...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0268-1161,1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep174