Development of sertoli cells during mini-puberty in normal and cryptorchid testes

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-91

  Zivkovic, Dragana ^a,b   Hadziselimovic, Faruk ^a  

^a Kindertagesklinik Liestal   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Male fertility; Sertoli cells; Testis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SERTOLI CELL;

AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; INFANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SERTOLI CELLS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 58849112135     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000176032     Document Type: Article

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