Êxpression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the azoospermic human testis

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 654-660

  Costur P ^a   Filiz, S ^a   Gonca, S ^a   Culha M ^a   Gulecen T ^a   Solakoglu S ^b   Canberk, Y ^b   Caliskan E ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; INOS; TESE

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; TESTIS;

EID: 84861492163     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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