Spermatogenesis in cryptorchidism

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 825, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-147

  Agoulnik, Alexander I ^a   Huang, Zaohua ^a   Ferguson, Lydia ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Cryptorchidism; Germ cell cancer; Infertility; Insulin like3; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS TUMOR;

CRYPTORCHIDISM; ENVIRONMENT; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 84855874672     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-436-0_11     Document Type: Article

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