Expression of anti-Mullerian hormone receptor on the appendix testis in connection with urological disorders

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 400-403

  Kistamás, Kornél ^a   Ruzsnavszky, Olga ^a   Telek, Andrea ^a   Kosztka, Lívia ^b   Kovács, Ilona ^b   Dienes, Beatrix ^a   Csernoch, László ^a   Józsa, Tamás ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b Kenezy Korhaz Rendelointezet   (Hungary)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti Mullerian hormone receptor (AMHR); Appendix testis (AT); Hernia inguinalis; Retention testis; Testicular descent; Testis retractile

Indexed keywords

HORMONE ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; MULLERIAN HORMONE RECEPTOR TYPE 2 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCELE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOCELE; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERMATOCELE; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; TESTIS; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877290519     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2012.135     Document Type: Article

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