USP26 gene variations in fertile and infertile men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 477-484

  Ribarski, I ^a   Lehavi, O ^a   Yogev, L ^a   Hauser, R ^a   Bar Shira Maymon, B ^a   Botchan, A ^a   Paz, G ^a   Yavetz, H ^a   Kleiman, S E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genetic risk factors; Inguinal hernia; Male fertility factors; Male infertility; USP26; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PROTEASE 26; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARAB; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INHERITANCE; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 58449108089     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den374     Document Type: Article

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