Seminal transforming growth factor-β in normal and infertile men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1534-1539

  Loras, Bernadette ^a   Vételé, Florence ^b   El Malki, Ahmed ^c   Rollet, Jacques ^a   Soufir, Jean Claude ^a   Benahmed, Mohamed ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Institut Rhône Alpin   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Human; Infertility; Seminal plasma; TGF

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL GROWTH; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSION; SEMINAL PLASMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS DISEASE;

EID: 0345621617     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.6.1534     Document Type: Article

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