Quantification of the expression level of the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of telomerase in testicular tissue specimens predicts successful sperm recovery

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 150-156

  Schrader, M ^a   Muller M ^a   Schulze, W ^b   Heicappell, R ^a   Krause, H ^a   Straub, B ^a   Miller, K ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertility; Human telomerase reverse transcriptase; Human telomerase RNA; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; TELOMERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CATALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARALLEL DESIGN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS SIZE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0036161231     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.1.150     Document Type: Article

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