Early orchiopexy restores fertility in the Hoxa 11 gene knockout mouse

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 302-305

  Lewis, Alfor G ^a   Pecha, Barry R ^a   Smith, Eric P ^a   Gardner, Barbara J ^a   Hsieh Li, Hsiu M ^a   Potter, S Steven ^a   Sheldon, Curtis A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Homeobox, gene; Infertility, male; Mice, knockout; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMEOBOX; HOXA 11 GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDOPEXY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS;

EID: 0037664887     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000063376.91473.e1     Document Type: Article

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