Immunocytochemical and quantitative study of actin, desmin and vimentin in the peritubular cells of the testes from elderly men

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 183-193

  Arenas, M I ^a   Bethencourt, F R ^b   De Miguel, M P ^a   Fraile, B ^a   Romo, E ^a   Paniagua, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL;

EID: 0030815934     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1100183     Document Type: Article

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