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Buried penis accompanied by undescended testicles and megameatus hypospadias as a severe genital manifestation of Robinow Syndrome

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Burak Ersoy, Tayfun Aköz, and Sinan Ekici declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Maltepe University School of Medicine, Feyzullah Cad. No: 39, 34843, Maltepe/Istanbul, Turkey

    Burak Ersoy MD & Tayfun Aköz MD

  2. Department of Urology, Maltepe University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    Sinan Ekici MD

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Ersoy, B., Aköz, T. & Ekici, S. Buried penis accompanied by undescended testicles and megameatus hypospadias as a severe genital manifestation of Robinow Syndrome. Eur Surg 46, 277–280 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10353-014-0282-8

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