EFFICIENT AND UNBIASED TOOLS FOR QUANTITATING LEYDIG AND SERTOLI CELLS IN THE TESTIS FROM TESTES BIOPSIES

EFFICIENT AND UNBIASED TOOLS FOR QUANTITATING LEYDIG AND SERTOLI CELLS IN THE TESTIS FROM TESTES BIOPSIES

The possibility of obtaining reliable estimates of the total number of Sertoli and Leydig cells from biopsies by use of the optical fractionator method was tested. The total number of Sertoli and Leydig cells was 522x106 (CV = 0.27) and 89x106 (CV = 0.34), respectively, when sampling in the entire t...

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Main Authors: Peter M Petersen, Aleksander Giwercman, Hans Jørgen G Gundersen, Bente Pakkenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Society for Stereology and Quantitative Image Analysis 2011-05-01
Series:Image Analysis and Stereology
Subjects:
Leydig cells
Sertoli cells
stereology
testicular biopsy
Online Access:http://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/633

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