Altered expression of progesterone receptors in testis of infertile men

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-184

  Abid, Shadaan ^a   Gokral, Jyotsna ^a   Maitra, Anurupa ^a   Meherji, Pervin ^a   Kadam, Seema ^a   Pires, Eusebio ^a   Modi, Deepak ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Infertility; Progesterone; Progesterone receptors; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME YQ; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JOHNSEN SCORING; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS BIOPSY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 49749122643     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60192-7     Document Type: Article

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