Immunoexpression of androgen receptors and aromatase in testes of patient with Klinefelter's syndrome

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 215-220

  Kotula Balak, Małgorzata ^a   Bablok, Leszek ^b   Fracki, Stanisław ^b   Jankowska, Anna ^c   Bilińska, Barbara ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Immunohistochemistry; Klinefelter's syndrome; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GERM CELL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; INTERSTITIUM; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 8344242948     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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