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NORMAN NIXON, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1938;55(5):1037-1057.

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Because conflicting reports have appeared in the literature, particularly since the introduction of endocrine therapy, confusion still exists concerning the reasons for nondescent of the testis and the optimum treatment for this condition. A recent issue of an American medical journal, for instance, contained two papers on the use of gonadotropic substance in the treatment of cryptorchidism, one¹ reporting successful response to this treatment in 19 per cent of the cases and the other² stating that in 72 per cent of the patients treated the testes descended into the scrotum after injections of the substance. Two other papers, both written by pediatricians in Chicago, have been published within the last four months, one³ reporting successful results in 29 per cent and the other⁴ in 72 per cent of a series of boys with cryptorchidism treated with extracts of the urine of pregnant women. In both series . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
LOS ANGELES

From the Children's Hospital.

Footnotes
Presented at the meeting of Region IV, American Academy of Pediatrics, Los Angeles, Nov. 5, 1937.

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