Reproductive stem cell research and its application to urology

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Ogawa, Takehiko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell; Germ cell; Germline stem cell; Male infertility; Niche; Regenerative medicine; Spermatogenesis; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TECHNOLOGY; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; UROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINEAGE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELLS; UROLOGY;

EID: 38849113899     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01963.x     Document Type: Review

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