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Neuro-Endocrine Control of Spermatogenesis

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Descended and Cryptorchid Testis

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The development and the function of the testicular germ line on both the prepubertal and the adult testis are subject to a hypothalamo-hypophyseal regulation, which has been the subject of several recent reviews (Franchimont et al. 1975, Gupta et al. 1975; Jeffcoate 1975; Steinberger 1975, Courot 1976; Forest et al. 1976; Hansson et al. 1976).

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  1. Reproductive Physiology Laboratory Andrology Research Unit, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    E. S. E. Hafez

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Girod, C., Czyba, J.C. (1980). Neuro-Endocrine Control of Spermatogenesis. In: Hafez, E.S.E. (eds) Descended and Cryptorchid Testis. Clinics in Andrology, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8840-8_8

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