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Prevalence of the hypospadias among Bulgarian boys – a prospective study

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We express our gratitude to Prof. Mircho Vukov for the statistical evaluation of the data and to Katharina M. Main MD, PhD for the valuable advices and important suggestions during the work on the manuscript.

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  1. Clinical Center of Endocrinology, Medical University-Sofia, 6, Dame Gruev str., 1303, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Philip Kumanov, Ralitsa Robeva, Analia Tomova & Stanislav Hubaveshki

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Kumanov, P., Robeva, R., Tomova, A. et al. Prevalence of the hypospadias among Bulgarian boys – a prospective study. Eur J Pediatr 166, 987–988 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0341-7

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