Mutation Screening of the FSH Receptor Gene in Infertile Men

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 292-297

  Song, Gyun Jee ^b,d   Park, Yong Seog ^b   Lee, Hyoung Song ^b   Kang, Inn Soo ^a   Lee, Ha Kyu ^c   Lee, Chung Choo ^d,e  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

FSH Receptor; Infertile Men; Mutation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MUTATION;

FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KOREA; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, FSH;

EID: 0035981213     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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