Expression of the apoptosis inhibitor survivin in testicular tissue of infertile patients

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-165

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

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Male infertility; Spermatogenesis; Survivin; Testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; SURVIVIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HAPLOIDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SYNDROME; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OLIGOSPERMIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 2642581717     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2004.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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