Variants in the Eppin gene show association with semen quality in Han-Chinese population

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-131

  Ding, Xinliang ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Bian, Zenghui ^a   Xia, Yankai ^a   Lu, Chuncheng ^a   Gu, Aihua ^a   Li, Yingchun ^a   Song, Ling ^a   Wang, Shoulin ^a   Wang, Xinru ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eppin gene; Genetic variants; Idiopathic infertility; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

EPIDIDYMAL PROTEASE INHIBITOR; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DNA EXTRACTION; EJACULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 77149163806     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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