Cell counting and three-dimensional reconstruction to identify a cellular wave in human spermatogenesis

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 358-362

  Zannini, Carla ^a   Turchetti, Stefano ^a   Guarch, Rosa ^b   Buffa, Dionigia ^a   Pesce, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Germ cells; Seminiferous tubules; Spermatogenesis; Stereology; Testis; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEREOMETRY; TESTIS;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROTOMY; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA;

EID: 0032864196     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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