Case-control study of whether subfertility in men is familial

BMJ

Volumn 309, Issue 6954, 1994, Pages 570-

  Lilford, R ^a   Jones, A M ^a   Bishop, D T ^a   Thornton, J ^a   Mueller, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBFERTILITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PEDIGREE; SPERM COUNT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028128358     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6954.570     Document Type: Article

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