A Prostaglandin D2 system in the human testis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 233-236

  Schell, Christoph ^a   Frungieri, Monica B ^a,b   Albrecht, Martin ^a   Gonzalez Calvar, Silvia I ^b   Köhn, Frank M ^c   Calandra, Ricardo S ^b,d   Mayerhofer, Artur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c Andrologicum   (Germany)

^d CONICET CICPBA ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTIS;

EID: 34347225151     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.100     Document Type: Article

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