Human sperm anatomy: Different expression and localization of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in normal and varicocele human spermatozoa

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 176-182

  De Amicis, Francesca ^a   Perrotta, Ida ^a   Santoro, Marta ^a   Guido, Carmela ^a   Morelli, Catia ^a   Cesario, Maria Grazia ^a   Bruno, Rosalinda ^a   Aquila, Saveria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human spermatozoa; Infertility; Male reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VARICOCELE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84877252510     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913123.2013.763881     Document Type: Article

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