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hypospadia

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Hypospadia in a calf. By permission from Blowey RW, Weaver AD, Diseases and Disorders of Cattle, Mosby, 1997


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2,4) Surgical correction is most commonly performed by a 2-part, staged hypospadia correction procedure.
Both boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered from hypospadia, a birth defect that affects male genitals, and required corrective surgery.
In humans, concern has been focused on endocrine-disrupting chemicals with either estrogenic or antiestrogenic effects, which may be related to an increasing incidence of hypospadia in newborn boys (Dolk 1998; Paulozzi 1999).
 
 
 
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