Arrested germ cell divisions in the ageing human testis

Andrologia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-16

  Miething, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Anatomy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germ cell; Meiosis; Mitosis; Seminiferous epithelium; Sertoli cell barrier

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTRIOLE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GERM CELL; GRANULAR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 12944331297     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2004.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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