Germ cell apoptosis in men with complete and incomplete spermiogenesis failure

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 757-762

  Tesarik, Jan ^a   Greco, Ermanno ^b   Cohen Bacrie, Paul ^a   Mendoza, Carmen ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D EYLAU   (France)

^b EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Germ cells; Spermatid conception; Spermiogenesis failure; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0031822956     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.8.757     Document Type: Article

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