Mast cells in testicular biopsies of infertile men with 'mixed atrophy' of seminiferous tubules

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 203-210

  Jezek D ^a   Banek, L ^a   Hittmair, A ^a   Pezerovic Panijan R ^a   Goluza T ^a   Schulze, W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biopsy; Male infertility; Mast cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MAST CELL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0032809420     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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