Association of methionine synthase A2756G SNP, methionine synthase reductase A66G and male infertility

Revista Romana de Medicina de Laborator

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 17-24

  Farcas, Marius F ^a   Trifa, Adrian P ^a   Militaru, Mariela ^a   Csernik, Flaviu A ^a   Crisan, Tania O ^a   Popp, Radu A ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Folate; Homocysteine; Infertility; Methylation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75449100169     PISSN: 18416624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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