Apoptotic cell death in the normal and cryptorchid human testis: The effect of human chorionic gonadotropin on testicular cell survival

Pediatric Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 351-356

  Heiskanen, Pirjetta ^a   Billig, Håkan ^c   Toppari, Jorma ^b   Kaleva, Marko ^b   Arsalo, Ali ^a   Rapola, Juhani ^a   Dunkel, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DRUG EFFECT; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0029903232     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199608000-00026     Document Type: Article

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