Programmed cell death in varicocele-bearing testes

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-45

  Hassan, A ^a   El Nashar, E M ^b   Mostafa, T ^c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Male infertility; Testis; TUNEL; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEYDIG CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; AZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 58449135857     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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