Apoptosis in non-tumorous adult human testis tissue: Comparison of so-called 'normal' testis tissues

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-354

  Schmelz, H U ^a,c   Meiswinkel, J ^a   Port, M ^b   Hauck, E W ^c   Schwerer, M J ^a   Weidner, W ^c   Sparwasser, C ^a   Abend, M ^b  

^a BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

^b Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Detection methods; Reference tissue; Testicular cancer; Testis tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TESTIS; TESTIS CANCER; TISSUE; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 20844442789     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084437     Document Type: Article

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