Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) of the endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) gene (Glu298Asp variant) in infertile men with asthenozoospermia

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 482-488

  Buldreghini, Eddi ^a   Mahfouz, Reda Z ^b   Vignini, Arianna ^c   Mazzanti, Laura ^c   Ricciardo Lamonica, Giuseppe ^c   Lenzi, Andrea ^d   Agarwal, Ashok ^b   Balercia, Giancarlo ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WILD TYPE;

ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 77957857170     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.008979     Document Type: Article

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