Expression of extracellular matrix proteins and vimentin in testes of azoospermic man: An immunohistochemical and morphometric study

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-60

  Gülkesen, Kemal Hakan ^a   Erdoǧru, Tibet ^a   Sargin, Canan Figen ^a   Karpuzoǧlu, Gülten ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Collagen; Extracellular matrix; Fibronectins; Immunohistochemistry; Laminin; Male infertility; Seminiferous tubules; Testis; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; SCLEROPROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; EPITHELIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; THICKNESS; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0036209007     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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