Susceptibility gene for non-obstructive azoospermia located near HLA-DR and -DQ loci in the HLA class II region

Human Genetics

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 192-197

  Tsujimura, Akira ^a   Ota, Masao ^b   Katsuyama, Yoshihiko ^b   Sada, Masaharu ^c   Miura, Hidenobu ^a   Matsumiya, Kiyomi ^a   Gotoh, Rieko ^c   Nakatani, Takeshi ^c   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a   Takahara, Shiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A33 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 3; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B44 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OLIGOSPERMIA; TESTIS;

EID: 0036487991     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-001-0657-3     Document Type: Article

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