Alpha-glucosidase in the human epididymis: Topographic distribution and clinical application

Andrologia

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 315-320

  Pena P ^a   Risopatron J ^a   Villegas, J ^a   Miska, W ^b   Schill, W B ^b   Sánchez, Raúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucosidase; Andrology; Human epididymis; Immunocytochemistry; Male infertility; Polyclonal antibody; Reproduction biology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE FREE OF PROSTATE ISOFORM; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; EPIDIDYMIS OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RABBITS; SEMEN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 6344285481     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2004.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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