Significance of human testicular mast cells and their subtypes in male infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1543-1547

  Yamanaka, K ^a   Fujisawa, M ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Okada, H ^a   Arakawa, S ^a   Kamidono, S ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cathepsin G; Heterogeneity; Male infertility; Mast cell; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN G; CHYMASE; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MAST CELL; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0033802625     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.7.1543     Document Type: Article

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