Mutations in the human BOULE gene are not a major cause of impaired spermatogenesis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 513-515

  Westerveld, G Henrike ^a,b   Repping, Sjoerd ^b   Leschot, Nico J ^a   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^b   Lombardi, M Paola ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Center for Reproductive Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BOULE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 13544264641     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.10.013     Document Type: Letter

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