Phenotypic characteristics of male subfertility and its familial occurrence

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 819-823

  Van Golde, Ron J T ^a   Van Der Avoort, Irene A M ^a   Tuerlings, Joep H A M ^a   Kiemeney, Lambertus A ^a   Meuleman, Eric J H ^a   Braat, Didi D M ^a   Kremer, Jan A M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family history; Genetics; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; TESTIS SIZE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 4143119042     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2004.tb02860.x     Document Type: Article

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