Evidence for a histaminergic system in the human testis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1060-1063

  Albrecht, Martin ^a   Frungieri, Monica B ^a,b   Gonzalez Calvar, Silvia ^b   Meineke, Viktor ^c   Köhn, Frank M ^d   Mayerhofer, Artur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^c Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR 1; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR 2; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; HISTAMINE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY; LASER MICRODISSECTION; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS;

EID: 17044412893     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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