Folate and vitamin B12 in idiopathic male infertility

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 856-861

  Murphy, Laurel E ^a   Mills, James L ^a   Molloy, Anne M ^b   Qian, Cong ^c   Carter, Tonia C ^a   Strevens, Helena ^d   Wide Swensson, Dag ^d   Giwercman, Aleksander ^d   Levine, Richard J ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Glotech Inc   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

folate; idiopathic male infertility; semen quality; vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC MALE INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLITE; PATHOGENESIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERM; SWEDEN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 80755181124     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.96     Document Type: Article

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