Fas and Fas ligand expression in fetal and adult human testis with normal or deranged spermatogenesis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2692-2700

  Francavilla, Sandro ^a,c   D'Abrizio, Piera ^a   Rucci, Nadia ^a   Silvano, Gianluca ^a   Properzi, Giuliana ^a   Straface, Elisabetta ^a   Cordeschi, Giuliana ^a   Necozione, Stefano ^a   Gnessi, Lucio ^b   Arizzi, Mario ^b   Ulisse, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAND BINDING; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 17744386151     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.85.8.6723     Document Type: Article

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