Distribution of type IV collagen subtypes in human testes and their association with spermatogenesis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 755-760

  Dobashi, Masaki ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^b   Naito, Ichiro ^c   Yamazaki, Takafumi ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^a   Kamidono, Sadao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c Shigei Medical Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Spermatogenesis; Subtype; Testes; Type IV collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ADULT; ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0141851829     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00775-1     Document Type: Article

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