Rete testis dysgenesis: A characteristic lesion of undescended testes

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1259-1264

  Nistal, Manuel ^a,b   Jiménez Heffernan, José A ^b  

^a AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CRYPTORCHISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; ORCHIECTOMY; RETE TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRYPTORCHIDISM; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; RETE TESTIS;

EID: 0345698786     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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