"Hypospadias" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A birth defect due to malformation of the URETHRA in which the urethral opening is below its normal location. In the male, the malformed urethra generally opens on the ventral surface of the PENIS or on the PERINEUM. In the female, the malformed urethral opening is in the VAGINA.
| Descriptor ID |
D007021
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.294.494.400 C12.706.516 C13.351.875.466 C16.131.939.516
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypospadias" by people in Profiles.
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Sawtooth flaps to release penoscrotal tethering in proximal hypospadias. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Feb; 119(2):766-8.
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Hypospadias in sons of women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero. Epidemiology. 2005 Jul; 16(4):583-6.
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Exclusion of WTAP and HOXA13 as candidate genes for isolated hypospadias. Scand J Urol Nephrol. 2003; 37(6):498-501.
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Urethral substitution using an intestinal free flap: a novel approach. J Urol. 2002 Jul; 168(1):182-4.