CAG repeat length in androgen-receptor gene and reproductive variables in fertile and infertile men

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Volumn 359, Issue 9300, 2002, Pages 44-46

  Rajpert De Meyts, Ewa ^a   Leffers, Henrik ^a   Petersen, Jørgen H ^a,b   Andersen, Anne Grethe ^a   Carlsen, Elisabeth ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GENOMIC DNA; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0037022020     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07280-X     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Associaton between CAG repeat number in the androgen receptor and male infertility in a Belgian study
2. Linkage between male infertility and trinucleotide repeat expansion in the androgen-receptor gene
3. No associaton between the androgen receptor gene CAG repeat and impaired sperm production in Swedish men
4. Male infertility and increased risk of diseases in future generations
5. The size of the CAG repeat in exon 1 of the androgen receptor gene shows no significant relationship to impaired spermatogenesis in an infertile Caucasoid sample of German origin