Lamina propria of sex cords in human fetal testis: An immunohistological and stereological study

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-190

  Ježek, Davor ^a,c   Hittmair, Anton ^b   Rogatsch, Hermann ^b   Kos, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Fetus; Human; Myoid cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0030069605     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00214709     Document Type: Article

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