Features of impaired seminiferous tubule differentiation are associated with germ cell neoplasia in adult men surgically treated in childhood because of cryptorchidism

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 163-168

  Gumińska, Anna ^a   Słowikowska Hilczer, Jolanta ^a   Kuzański, Wojciech ^a   Sosnowski, Marek ^a   Oszukowska, Elzbieta ^a   Marchlewska, Katarzyna ^a   Walczak Jȩdrzejowska, Renata ^a   Niedzielski, Jerzy ^a   Kula, Krzysztof ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carcinoma in situ; Germ cell cancer; Sertoli cell maturation; Spermatogenesis; Testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CYTOKERATIN 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTORCHISM; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 44949092525     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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