Genome-wide study of single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with azoospermia and severe oligozoospermia

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 711-725

  Aston, Kenneth I ^a   Carrell, Douglas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Genome wide association study; Infertility; Microarray; Mutation

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AZOOSPERMIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 71949114942     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.007971     Document Type: Article

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