Molecular pathology of the androgen receptor in male (in )fertility

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-48

  Gottlieb, Bruce ^a,b,c   Lombroso, Rose ^a   Beitel, Lenore K ^a,b   Trifiro, Mark A ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JOHN ABBOTT COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; CAG repeat length variations; Idiopathic male fertility; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 11944273134     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60802-4     Document Type: Article

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