Increased sperm count may account for high population frequency of factor V Leiden

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 513-516

  Cohn, D M ^a   Repping, S ^a   Buller H R ^a   Meijers, J C M ^a   Middeldorp, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Factor V Leiden; Fertility; Selection (genetics)

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY;

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C RESISTANCE; ADULT; FACTOR V; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 77949298309     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2009.03710.x     Document Type: Article

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