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ArticleThe Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences2017

Distribution and number of Cajal-like cells in testis tissue with azoospermia.

Eray Hasirci, Tahsin Turunc, Nebil Bal, Mehmet Resit Goren, Huseyin Celik, Enis Kervancioglu, Ayhan Dirim, Mustafa Agah Tekindal, Hakan Ozkardes

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Article in The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Eray HasirciDepartment of Urology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: mdehasirci@gmail.com.
Tahsin TuruncDepartment of Urology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Nebil BalDepartment of Pathology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Mehmet Resit GorenDepartment of Urology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Huseyin CelikDepartment of Urology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Enis KervanciogluDepartment of Urology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Ayhan DirimDepartment of Urology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Mustafa Agah TekindalDepartment of Biostatistics, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Hakan OzkardesDepartment of Urology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Başkent University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated the number and distribution of Cajal-like cells in patients with azoospermia. A total of 99 patients with non-obstructive azoospermia were divided into subgroups [19 patientsin hypospermatogenesis group (S1), 40 patients in maturation arrest group (S2), 20 patients in a Sertoli cell-only syndrome (S3), and 20 patients in a testicular atrophy and fibrosis group (S4)], and 20 patients with obstructive azoospermia group (S0). Sections stained with a c-kit antibody were studied by light microscopy to determine the number and distribution of Cajal-like cells in peritubular and perivascular areas of testis. The number of Cajal-like cells were higher in all the non-obstructive groups than in the obstructive group (S0: 2.43 cells/mm

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AdultAzoospermiaCell CountHumansInterstitial Cells of CajalMaleMiddle AgedOligospermiaTestisc-kit (+) cellMale infertilityNon-obstructive azoospermiaObstructive azoospermiaTestis

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