Immunoexpression of androgen receptor and nine markers of maturation in the testes of adolescent boys with Klinefelter syndrome: Evidence for degeneration of germ cells at the onset of meiosis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 714-719

  Wikström, Anne M ^a,d   Hoei Hansen, Christina E ^b   Dunkel, Leo ^a,c   Meyts, Ewa Rajpert De ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTI MULLERIAN HORMONE; CELL MARKER; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; INHIBIN B; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 4; NY ESO 1 ANTIGEN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; PROTEIN MIC2; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SEX HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33846981160     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-1892     Document Type: Article

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