Somatic mutational analysis of DAX1 in testes from men with idiopathic azoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1542-1544

  Mantovani, Giovanna ^a   Mancini, Mario ^b   Gazzano, Giacomo ^a   Spada, Anna ^a   Colpi, Giovanni M ^b   Beck Peccoz, Paolo ^a   Persani, Luca ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Andrology Unit   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TESTIS;

EID: 27644551166     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.037     Document Type: Article

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