Preserved fertility in a non-mosaic Klinefelter patient with a mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 gene: Case Report

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1907-1911

  Juul, A ^a   Aksglaede, L ^a   Lund, A M ^a   Duno, M ^a   Skakkebaek N E ^a   Rajpert De Meyts, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Achondroplasia; Fertility; Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3; Klinefelter syndrome; Testis

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; KARYOTYPE 47,XXY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 34447340644     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem126     Document Type: Article

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