CAG repeat length in the androgen receptor gene affects the risk of male infertility

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 255-261

  Asatiani, K ^a   Von Eckardstein, S ^a   Simoni, M ^a   Gromoll, J ^a   Nieschlag, E ^a  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; CAG repeats; Male infertility; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RISK FACTOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ADENINE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OLIGOSPERMIA; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPERM COUNT; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0141638689     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2003.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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