Image cytometry for quantitative analysis of DNA in the testes of infertile men with varicocele: Comparison with flow cytometry

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2370-2374

  Iwamoto, Takahiro ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^a   Tanaka, Hirokazu ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^a   Arakawa, Soichi ^a   Kamidono, Sadao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA analysis; flow cytometry; image cytometry; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TETRAPLOIDY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0030965670     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64783-9     Document Type: Article

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