Estrogen receptor α and β polymorphisms are associated with semen quality

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-298

  Lazaros, Leandros A ^a   Xita, Nectaria V ^a   Kaponis, Apostolos I ^a   Zikopoulos, Konstantinos A ^a   Plachouras, Nicolaos I ^a   Georgiou, Ioannis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Infertility; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 77954913413     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.007542     Document Type: Article

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