"Cryptorchidism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A developmental defect in which a TESTIS or both TESTES failed to descend from high in the ABDOMEN to the bottom of the SCROTUM. Testicular descent is essential to normal SPERMATOGENESIS which requires temperature lower than the BODY TEMPERATURE. Cryptorchidism can be subclassified by the location of the maldescended testis.
| Descriptor ID |
D003456
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.294.829.258 C12.706.258 C16.131.939.258 C19.391.829.258
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| Concept/Terms |
Cryptorchidism- Cryptorchidism
- Testes, Undescended
- Undescended Testes
- Undescended Testis
- Cryptorchidism, Unilateral Or Bilateral
- Cryptorchism
- Testis, Undescended
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cryptorchidism" by people in Profiles.
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Cryptorchidism induced in normal rats by the relaxin-like factor inhibitor. Reproduction. 2008 Mar; 135(3):351-5.
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Changes in lipids containing long- and very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in cryptorchid rat testes. Biol Reprod. 2007 Jul; 77(1):181-8.
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Relaxin, the relaxin-like factor and their receptors. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2007; 612:14-25.
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The mode of interaction of the relaxin-like factor (RLF) with the leucine-rich repeat G protein-activated receptor 8. J Biol Chem. 2006 Sep 08; 281(36):26136-43.
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Meconium pseudocyst in a newborn. J Am Coll Surg. 2006 Sep; 203(3):399.
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The overexpression of the insl3 in female mice causes descent of the ovaries. Mol Endocrinol. 2002 Feb; 16(2):244-52.
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Relaxin-like factor (RLF) serum concentrations and gubernaculum RLF receptor display in relation to pre- and neonatal development of rats. Reproduction. 2001 Dec; 122(6):899-906.
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CT evaluation of the prune belly syndrome. J Comput Tomogr. 1981 Dec; 5(6):548-9.