The SLC19A1 80G>A polymorphism is not associated with male infertility

Biomarkers

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-220

  Kurzawski, Mateusz ^a   Stefankiewicz, Joanna ^a   Kurzawa, Rafał ^a   Grnik, Wanda ^a   Bczkowski, Tomasz ^a   Drozdzik, Marek ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Genetic polymorphism; Male infertility; Reduced folate carrier; SLC19A1

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CELL TRANSPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL MEMBRANE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 77951680447     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: 13665804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13547500903420203     Document Type: Article

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