Alterations in sperm characteristics of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-immunized men are similar to those of FSH-deprived infertile male bonnet monkeys

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 316-327

  Krishnamurthy, Hanumanthappa ^a,c   Kumar, K M Prasanna ^b   Joshi, Chirag V ^a   Krishnamurthy, Hegganahalli N ^a   Moudgal, Raghuveer N ^a   Sairam, M Ram ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Ramaiah Medical Teaching Hospital   (India)

^c CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin packaging; FSH deprivation; Infertility; Sperm maturation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DITHIOTHREITOL; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ACROSOME; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LECTINS; MACACA RADIATA; MALE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033994623     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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