Men homozygous for an inactivating mutation of the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor gene present variable suppression of spermatogenesis and fertility

Nature Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-206

  Tapanainen, Juha S ^a   Aittomäki, Kristiina ^b,c   Min, Jiang ^d   Vaskivuo, Tommi ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo T ^d  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADULT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; OVULATION; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, FSH; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 1842376911     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0297-205     Document Type: Article

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