Maturation phenotype of Sertoli cells in testicular biopsies of azoospermic men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1537-1542

  Maymon, B Bar Shira ^a   Paz, G ^a   Elliott, D J ^c   Hammel, I ^b   Kleiman, S E ^a   Yogev, L ^a   Hauser, R ^a   Botchan, A ^a   Yavetz, H ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AZF microdeletions; Cytokeratin 18; Immunohistochemistry; Infertile men; Sertoli cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033802729     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.7.1537     Document Type: Article

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