Genetic polymorphisms in glutathione S-transferase T1 affect the surgical outcome of varicocelectomies in infertile patients

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-341

  Ichioka, Kentaro ^a   Nagahama, Kanji ^a   Okubo, Kazutoshi ^a   Soda, Takeshi ^a   Ogawa, Osamu ^a   Nishiyama, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE T1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; NQO1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE; GENETICS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 69249217970     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2008.27     Document Type: Article

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