Possible therapeutic use of spermatogonial stem cells in the treatment of male infertility: A brief overview

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vlajković, Slobodan ^a   Čukuranović, Rade ^a   Daković Bjelaković, Marija ^a   Stefanović, Vladisav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL RENEWAL; CRYPTORCHISM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TRANSPLANTATION;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84859607988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/374151     Document Type: Review

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