Semen apoptotic M540 body levels correlate with testis abnormalities: A study in a cohort of infertile subjects

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3393-3402

  Lotti, F ^a   Tamburrino, L ^a   Marchiani, S ^a   Muratori, M ^a   Corona, G ^a   Fino, M G ^a   Degl'Innocenti, S ^a   Forti, G ^a   Maggi, M ^a   Baldi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

apoptotic bodies; cryptorchidism; scrotal and transrectal ultrasound; semen analysis; testis apoptosis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; M540 BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS SIZE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 84870015460     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des348     Document Type: Article

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