Is there a relation between testosterone or estradiol levels in seminal plasma and GSTM1 polymorphism in infertile patients?

Erciyes Tip Dergisi

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 132-137

  Onaran, Ilhan ^a   Aydemir, Birsen ^a   Kiziler, Ali Riza ^a   Alici, Bülent ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Glutathione S transferase M1; Infertility, male; Polymorphism, genetic; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 62849102300     PISSN: 1300199X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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