CAG repeat length variation in the Androgen Receptor gene is not associated with spermatogenic failure

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 253-259

  Westerveld, Henrike ^a   Visser, Liesbeth ^a   Tanck, Michael ^a   van der Veen, Fulco ^a   Repping, Sjoerd ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; POLYGLUTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADULT; CELL SHAPE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 38049141381     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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