Polymorphisms of estrogen receptors alpha and beta in idiopathic, infertile Brazilian men: A case-control study

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 665-672

  Bianco, Bianca ^a   Peluso, Carla ^a   Gava, Marcello Machado ^a   Ghirelli Filho, Milton ^a   Lipay, Monica Vannucci Nunes ^b,c   Lipay, Marco Aurélio ^d   Christofolini, Denise Maria ^a   Barbosa, Caio Parente ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE JUNDIAÍ   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Santa Helena   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNICITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 80052700646     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21365     Document Type: Article

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