The clinical significance of the POLG gene polymorphism in male infertility

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4292-4297

  Krausz, C ^a,d   Guarducci, E ^a   Becherini, L ^a   Degl'Innocenti, S ^a   Gerace, L ^b   Balercia, G ^c   Forti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Applera Italia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d Dept of Clinical Physiopathology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; POLG GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALLELES; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 4544303718     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-0008     Document Type: Article

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