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Embryology and Anatomy of Hypospadias

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The embryology of the urogenital region remains controversial and confusing, in part related to the fact that observations have been extrapolated to the human from many different species. There are reports in the literature describing mice (van der Werff et al. 2000), rats (Forsberg 1961; Kluth et al. 1988), red squirrels (Barnstein and Mossman 1938), sheep (Tourneux 1888), pigs (van der Putte and Neeteson 1983), dogs (Kanagasuntheram and Anandaraja 1960) and humans (Nievelstein et al. 1998; de Vries and Friedland 1987).

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  1. Cairo University Hospital, 32 Haroon Street 32, El Messaha Dokki, Cairo, 12311, Egypt

    Ahmed T. Hadidi

  2. Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, G3 8SJ, UK

    Amir F. Azmy

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Hutson, J.M., Penington, B.C. (2004). Embryology and Anatomy of Hypospadias. In: Hadidi, A.T., Azmy, A.F. (eds) Hypospadias Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07841-9_5

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