Immunohistochemical detection of testicular macrophages during the period of postnatal maturation in the mouse

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 370-376

  Li, X Q ^a   Itoh, Masahiro ^a   Yano, A ^a   Miyamoto, K ^a   Takeuchi, Y ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Macrophages; Mouse; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; TESTIS;

EID: 0032409536     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1998.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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