Apoptosis in human ejaculated sperm cells (Notulae seminologicae 9)

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 587-596

  Baccetti, B ^a   Collodel, G ^a   Piomboni, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ejaculate; Human spermatozoa; Microscopy; TUNEL procedure electron

Indexed keywords

BISBENZIMIDE; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APOPTOSIS; BISBENZIMIDE; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; EJACULATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0030255580     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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