Expression and distribution of laminin chains in the testis for patients with azoospermia

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Ooba, Takeshi ^a   Ishikawa, Tomomoto ^a   Yamaguchi, Kohei ^a   Kondo, Yutaka ^a   Sakamoto, Yuichi ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertility; Infertility; Male reproductive tract; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LAMININ; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LAMININ; MALE; SERTOLI CELL-ONLY SYNDROME; TESTIS;

EID: 40449109091     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.107.003210     Document Type: Article

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