Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study of basal lamina of the testis in adolescent varicocele

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 699-705

  Santoro, Giuseppe ^a   Romeo, Carmelo ^a   Impellizzeri, Pietro ^a   Gentile, Carmelo ^a   Anastasi, Giuseppe ^a   Santoro, Agatino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescent varicocele; Basal lamina; Collagen type IV; Immunohistochemistry; Laminin; Physiopathology

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; LAMININ;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; COLLAGEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LAMININ; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0034062933     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00611-1     Document Type: Article

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