Stem cell factor in human seminal plasma as a marker for spermatogenesis

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 460-463

  Fujisawa, Masato ^a   Kanzaki, Masanori ^a   Okuda, Yoshihiro ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^a   Arakawa, Soichi ^a   Kamidono, Sadao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 0032032054     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00627-4     Document Type: Article

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