The impact of hemochromatosis mutations and transferrin genotype on gonadotropin serum levels in infertile men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1793-1800

  Buretić Tomljanović, Alena ^a   Vlastelić, Ivan ^b   Radojčić Badovinac, Andelka ^a,b   Starčević Čizmarević, Nada ^a   Nadalin, Sergej ^a   Ristić, Smiljana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Croatia)

Author keywords

gonadotropic hormones; HFE C282Y mutation; HFE H63D mutation; Male infertility; transferrin gene polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IRON OVERLOAD; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 67349194959     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.129     Document Type: Article

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