MUC1 in human testis and ejaculated spermatozoa and its relationship to male fertility status

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 450-452

  Martínez Conejero, José A ^a   Garrido, Nicolás ^b   Remohí, José ^b   Pellicer, Antonio ^b   Simón, Carlos ^a   Meseguer, Marcos ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 1;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON;

AZOOSPERMIA; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; EJACULATION; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 47849096674     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.104     Document Type: Article

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