Does the testicular apoptotic index vary with serum gonadotropins and testicular histopathology in infertile men?

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-353

  Kandirali, Engin ^a   Cayan, Selahittin ^b   Armagan, Abdullah ^c   Erol, Bulent ^c   Kadioglu, Ates ^c  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Male infertility; Spermatogenesis; Testis; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; AZOOSPERMIA; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350346505     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000241681     Document Type: Article

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