Polymorphisms in folate-related enzyme genes in idiopathic infertile Brazilian men

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1267-1272

  Gava, Marcello M ^a   Kayaki, Erika A ^a   Bianco, Bianca ^a   Teles, Juliana S ^a   Christofolini, Denise M ^a   Pompeo, Antonio C L ^a   Glina, Sidney ^a   Barbosa, Caio P ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

folate; homocysteine; male infertility; MTHFR gene; MTR gene; MTRR gene

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 81555208678     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719111411729     Document Type: Article

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