Ontogeny of human fetal testicular apoptosis during first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1189-1193

  Helal, M A ^a   Mehmet, H ^b   Thomas, N S B ^b   Cox, P M ^b   Ralph, D J ^a   Bajoria, R ^c   Chatterjee, Ratna ^a,d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; GERM CELL TUMOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONAD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUCED ABORTION; INFERTILITY; KARYOTYPE; LEYDIG CELL; MOTHER; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TESTIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036959782     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.87.3.7836     Document Type: Article

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