Germ cell apoptosis in undescended testis: The origin of its impaired spermatogenesis in the TS inbred rat

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 343-347

  Tomomasa, Hiroshi ^a,b   Adachi, Yoichi ^a,b   Oshio, Shigeru ^a,b   Umeda, Takashi ^a,b   Irie, Hiroshi ^a,b   Ishikawa, Hiromichi ^a,b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cryptorchidism; Rats, inbred strains; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACID; HEMATOXYLIN; SCHIFF BASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT STRAIN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STAINING; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 0036285962     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64918-X     Document Type: Article

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