Erectile dysfunction in Fragile X patients

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 483-487

  Gu, Feng ^a,b   Zhang, Hai Yin ^c,d   Hu, Shao Yi ^b,e   Huang, Shang Zhi ^b,e   Ma, Xu ^a,b,f   Zhang, Yong Qing ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^f WHO Collaborative Center for Research in Human Reproduction   (China)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Erection; Fertility; FMR1 gene; Fragile X syndrome; Macroorchidism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; MACROORCHIDISM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMPOTENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE;

PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 33746877131     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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