Complete mutational screening of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene: Cystic fibrosis mutations are not involved in healthy men with reduced sperm quality

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3035-3040

  Pallares Ruiz, Nathalie ^a   Carles, Soukeyna ^a   Des Georges, Marie ^a   Guittard, Caroline ^a   Arnal, Françoise ^b   Humeau, Claude ^b   Claustres, Mireille ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

CFTR mutant polyvariants; Cystic fibrosis mutations; Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FRANCE; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MUTATION RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032759617     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.12.3035     Document Type: Article

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