Relationships between levels of estradiol and testosterone in seminal plasma and GSTM1 polymorphism in infertile men

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-16

  Onaran, I ^a,b   Aydemir, B ^a   Kiziler, A R ^a   Demiryurek, T ^a   Alici, B ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Estradiol; GSTM1 polymorphism; Male infertility; Seminal plasma; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESTRADIOL; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMEN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33847158265     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010600889134     Document Type: Article

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