The association of aromatase (CYP19) gene variants with sperm concentration and motility

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 292-297

  Lazaros, Leandros ^a   Xita, Nectaria ^b   Kaponis, Apostolos ^a   Hatzi, Elissavet ^a   Plachouras, Nicolaos ^a   Sofikitis, Nicolaos ^b   Zikopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Georgiou, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

androgen; male infertility; oestrogen; semen quality; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; ALLELES; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 79952374036     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.144     Document Type: Article

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