In-vitro spermatogenesis resumption in men with maturation arrest: Relationship with in-vivo blocking stage and serum FSH

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1350-1354

  Tesarik, Jan ^a,b   Balaban, Basak ^c   Isiklar, Aycan ^c   Alatas, Cengiz ^c   Urman, Bülent ^c   Aksoy, Senai ^c   Mendoza, Carmen ^b,d   Greco, Ermanno ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE D EYLAU   (France)

^b Molecular Assisted Reproduction and Genetics   (Spain)

^c AMERICAN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

FSH; In vitro spermatogenesis; Maturation arrest; Spermatid; Spermatocyte

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

EID: 0034110507     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.6.1350     Document Type: Article

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