EGR4 is a master gene responsible for fertility in cryptorchidism

Sexual Development

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 253-263

  Hadziselimovic, F ^a,b   Hadziselimovic, N O ^b   Demougin, P ^c   Krey, G ^b   Hoecht, B ^e   Oakeley, E J ^d  

^a Children's Day Care Clinic Liestal

^b Institute of Andrology

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ad spermatogonia; Cryptorchidism; EGR4; Infertility; Microarray

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE 4 PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE 4 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GONAD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGONIA;

EID: 72049128875     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000249147     Document Type: Article

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