Abnormal sperm parameters in humans are indicative of an abortive apoptotic mechanism linked to the fas-mediated pathway

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 350-355

  Sakkas, Denny ^a,b   Mariethoz, Ewa ^b   St John, Justin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fas; Oligozoospermia; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

DNA; FAS ANTIGEN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033567961     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4586     Document Type: Article

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