HLA-DR antigen and HLA-DRB1 genotyping with nonobstructive Azoospermia in Japan

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 545-550

  Tsujimura, Akira ^a   Takahara, Shiro ^a   Kitamura, Masaya ^a   Miura, Hidenobu ^a   Koga, Minoru ^a   Sada, Masaharu ^b   Tsuji, Takayuki ^b   Matsumiya, Kiyomi ^a   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

HLA class II antigen; Sperm; Testis

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; GENOTYPE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032810354     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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