Morphometric and immunocytochemical study of the fetal, infant, and adult human vas deferens

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 623-636

  Regadera, Javier ^a,e   España, Gabriel ^a   Roias, Mariana A ^b   Recio, Juan A ^a   Nistal, Manuel ^a,c   Suárez Quian, Carlos A ^d  

^a AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epithelium; Testicular developmental phases

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; VAS DEFERENS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0031406968     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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