Long-term proliferation and characterization of human spermatogonial stem cells obtained from obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermia under exogenous feeder-free culture conditions

Cell Proliferation

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-417

  Lim, J J ^a,b   Sung, S Y ^a   Kim, H J ^a,b   Song, S H ^a   Hong, J Y ^a   Yoon, T K ^a   Kim, J K ^a   Kim, K S ^b   Lee, D R ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STEM CELL;

AZOOSPERMIA; CELL SEPARATION; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77952720486     PISSN: 09607722     EISSN: 13652184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2010.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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