Ethnic differences in testicular structure and spermatogenic potential may predispose testes of Asian men to a heightened sensitivity to steroidal contraceptives

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 348-357

  Johnson, Larry ^a   Barnard, Jeffrey J ^b   Rodriguez, Lori ^a   Smith, Elizabeth C ^a   Swerdloff, Ronald S ^c   Wang, X H ^d   Wang, Christina ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Jiangsu Family Planning Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; STEROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CELL DENSITY; CELL VOLUME; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEREOLOGY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

AMERICAS; ASIA; ASIANS--MEN; BIOLOGY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN ASIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PLANNING; GENITALIA; GENITALIA, MALE; HISPANICS--MEN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SPERMATOGENESIS; STUDIES; TESTIS; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; WHITES--MEN;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HORMONES; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0031801509     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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