Association between the apolipoprotein B signal peptide gene insertion/ deletion polymorphism and male infertility

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 777-779

  Peterlin, Borut ^a   Zorn, B ^a   Volk, M ^a   Kunej, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein B; Azoospermia; Male infertility; Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SLOVENIA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORGAN SIZE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SERTOLI CELLS; SLOVENIA; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 33751381790     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gal088     Document Type: Article

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