Infancy is not a quiescent period of testicular development

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 2-7

  Chemes, Héctor E ^a  

^a Italian Embassy at Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Germ cells; Human testis; Infantile testis; Primate testis; Puberty in primates; Sertoli cells; Testicular growth

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GERM CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PRIMATES; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0035137369     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2001.00260.x     Document Type: Review

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