Testicular gene expression in cryptorchid boys at risk of azoospermia

Sexual Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 49-59

  Hadziselimovic, F ^a,b,e   Hadziselimovic, N O ^b,c   Demougin, P ^c   Oakeley, E J ^d  

^a Children's Day Care Clinic Liestal   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Andrology   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^e Kindertagesklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ad spermatogonia; Affymetrix; Azoospermia; Cryptorchidism; Gene expression; Testis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHILD; CRYPTORCHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

AZOOSPERMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

EID: 79952950456     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323955     Document Type: Article

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