STEREOLOGICAL QUANTITATION OF LEYDIG AND SERTOLI CELLS IN THE TESTIS FROM YOUNG AND OLD MEN
One of the newer stereological methods, the optical fractionator, was applied to the study of the effects of ageing on the human testis. The estimated total number of Sertoli and Leydig cells per testis in men younger than 30 years were 430×106 (CV = SD/mean = 0.35) and 117×106 (CV = 0.53), respecti...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Slovenian Society for Stereology and Quantitative Image Analysis
2011-05-01
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Series: | Image Analysis and Stereology |
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Online Access: | http://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/650 |