Expression levels of the inhibitor of apoptosis survivin in testes of patients with normal spermatogenesis and spermatogenic failure

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 1100-1105

  Weikert, Steffen ^a   Schrader, Mark ^a   Müller, Markus ^a   Schulze, Wolfgang ^b   Krause, Hans ^a   Miller, Kurt ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Male infertility; Spermatogenesis; Survivin; Testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; SURVIVIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 17444387367     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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