Immunohistochemical expression of cyclin A in testicular biopsies of fertile and infertile men: Correlation with the morphometry of seminiferous tubules

Andrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Abdou, A G ^a   Hammam, M A ^a   Farag, A G A ^a   Farouk, S ^a,b   Fawzy, M ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Ahmed Maher Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cyclin A; Infertility; Morphometry; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL NUCLEUS; CYCLIN A; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

EID: 78651262358     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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