Long-term cultures of testicular biopsies from boys with cryptorchidism: Effect of FSH and LH on the number of germ cells

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 383-389

  Larsen, Hans Peter Ejler ^a   Thorup, Jørgen ^a   Skovgaard, Lene Theil ^b   Cortes, Dina ^a   Byskov, Anne Grete ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Human; Prepubertal; Testis; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS BIOPSY; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0036178825     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.2.383     Document Type: Article

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